Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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Ximi Vogue is recalling its Children’s Neck Pillows.  The paint on the zippers and zipper pulls contains a high lead level.  The pillows affected are the Pink Elephant, the Gray Elephant, the Blue Chick, and the Green Dinosaur.  If you have one of these, return it to the place of purchase for a refund.  For additional information, call Ximi Vogue at 1-855-946-4002.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/ximi-vogue-recalls-childrens-neck-pillows-due-to-violation-of-the-federal-lead-paint#

#recall #neckpillow #children #lead

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/HvLfgC5CgYc

Ximi Vogue is recalling its Children’s Neck Pillows.  The paint on the zippers and zipper pulls contains a high lead level.  The pillows affected are the Pink Elephant, the Gray Elephant, the Blue Chick, and the Green Dinosaur.  If you have one of these, return it to the place of purchase for a refund.  For additional information, call Ximi Vogue at 1-855-946-4002.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/ximi-vogue-recalls-childrens-neck-pillows-due-to-violation-of-the-federal-lead-paint#

#recall #neckpillow #children #lead

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/lfiw8UfL700

Low vitamin D levels may link to a woman’s inability to conceive.  A recently published Chinese study analyzed 154 women treated at a fertility center looking at vitamin D levels and the presence of toxic immune cells in their uterine linings.

Low vitamin D levels correlated with numbers of killer lymphocytes and scavenging macrophages in the endometrial linings of women unable to become and remain pregnant.  Vitamin D supplementation appears to reduce the populations of these immune cells present.

Women experiencing infertility should have their vitamin D levels checked.  If levels are low, normalization via food supplements or sunlight exposure may well improve the chances of a blessed event.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aji.13243?af=R

#infertility #vitamind #macrophages #killerlymphocytes

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/lfiw8UfL700

Low vitamin D levels may link to a woman’s inability to conceive.  A recently published Chinese study analyzed 154 women treated at a fertility center looking at vitamin D levels and the presence of toxic immune cells in their uterine linings.

Low vitamin D levels correlated with numbers of killer lymphocytes and scavenging macrophages in the endometrial linings of women unable to become and remain pregnant.  Vitamin D supplementation appears to reduce the populations of these immune cells present.

Women experiencing infertility should have their vitamin D levels checked.  If levels are low, normalization via food supplements or sunlight exposure may well improve the chances of a blessed event.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aji.13243?af=R

#infertility #vitamind #macrophages #killerlymphocytes

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Condies Foods of Kearns, UT is voluntarily recalling two sandwiches:  roll chicken salad on croissant and sandwich chicken salad on white bread.  These products may contain undeclared soy risking a serious allergic reaction in sensitized individuals.  Consumers should return this product to the point of purchase for a refund.  Call the company at 1-801-969-1448 for more information.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/condies-foods-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-soy-allergen-chicken-salad-croissant-single-item-43237

#recall #chickensandwich #chickenroll  #condies #soy

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Condies Foods of Kearns, UT is voluntarily recalling two sandwiches:  roll chicken salad on croissant and sandwich chicken salad on white bread.  These products may contain undeclared soy risking a serious allergic reaction in sensitized individuals.  Consumers should return this product to the point of purchase for a refund.  Call the company at 1-801-969-1448 for more information.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/condies-foods-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-soy-allergen-chicken-salad-croissant-single-item-43237

#recall #chickensandwich #chickenroll  #condies #soy

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A new MRI technique permitting simultaneous brain scanning of two persons face-to-face touching one another shows that their sensory and motor regions light up in response to a partner’s actions but also in anticipation of them.  

Finnish neuroscientists, psychologists, and biomedical engineers modified a standard MRI coil to permit two person scanning.  Ten GenZ subject-pairs, all friends or romantic partners, were examined.

Though the image resolutions of this split coil technique were lower, the researchers could determine that motor activities in the brains of those touching triggered sensory activity in the brains of those being touched in a coordinated fashion.

This is only the beginning of many more studies to come.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00279/full

#mri #romance #touching #love

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/x5O9J4N07Gw

A new MRI technique permitting simultaneous brain scanning of two persons face-to-face touching one another shows that their sensory and motor regions light up in response to a partner’s actions but also in anticipation of them.  

Finnish neuroscientists, psychologists, and biomedical engineers modified a standard MRI coil to permit two person scanning.  Ten GenZ subject-pairs, all friends or romantic partners, were examined.

Though the image resolutions of this split coil technique were lower, the researchers could determine that motor activities in the brains of those touching triggered sensory activity in the brains of those being touched in a coordinated fashion.

This is only the beginning of many more studies to come.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00279/full

#mri #romance #touching #love

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An early warning to halt society reopening may well come from levels of CoVid19 viral proteins in our wastewater.   A Dutch study monitored wastewater treatment plants serving 6 cities 3 weeks before the first CoVid case surfaced and again one and two weeks after that case appeared. 

Based on the analysis of wastewater viral material, the investigators found there were no persons infected 3 weeks prior to the first case.  At one week after that case surfaced, there were 2.5 infected persons per half-million and 2 weeks after there were nearly 11 persons per half million.

This technique may help our scarce CoVid tests go further.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.29.20045880v1.full.pdf

#covid19 #coronavirus #wastewater #reopening #earlydetection

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/X8JrdcYjpUY

An early warning to halt society reopening may well come from levels of CoVid19 viral proteins in our wastewater.   A Dutch study monitored wastewater treatment plants serving 6 cities 3 weeks before the first CoVid case surfaced and again one and two weeks after that case appeared. 

Based on the analysis of wastewater viral material, the investigators found there were no persons infected 3 weeks prior to the first case.  At one week after that case surfaced, there were 2.5 infected persons per half-million and 2 weeks after there were nearly 11 persons per half million.

This technique may help our scarce CoVid tests go further.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.29.20045880v1.full.pdf

#covid19 #coronavirus #wastewater #reopening #earlydetection