Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/-AXHnEHZHFw

The CPSC and U-Line are recalling U-Line Outdoor Series 24-inch Built-In Convertible Freezers.  The affected model number is U-1224FZRSOD-00A manufactured between 2017-2018. These freezers overheat and create fire and burn hazards.  About 90 of these freezers were built and sold.  Immediately unplug these freezers.  Contact U-Line at 1-833-614-7788 to schedule a free appliance pickup and delivery of a replacement unit.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/U-Line-Recalls-Outdoor-Freezers-Due-to-Fire-Hazard

#uline #freezer #overheating #fire #burns #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/48G16vxgNWA

The CPSC and Newair now recall Magic Chef Digital Air Fryers ovens with Model #s MCAF56DB in black and MCAF56D in white.  This appliance overheats and creates fire and burn hazards.  About 11,750 of these air fryers were sold online at Newair.com, Walmart.com, Wayfair.com, Amazon.com, and Target.com.  Immediately discontinue use of these air fryers.  To obtain a refund, upload a photo of the appliance’s rating label to newair.com/pages/newair-magic-chef-digital-air-fryer-recall and receive instructions about how to disable the fryer and receive a $50 credit.   You can obtain additional information about this recall on the newair.com website.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Newair-Recalls-Magic-Chef-Air-Fryers-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards

#magicchef #airfryer #overheating #fires #burns #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/5a6CvV0TRDA

The CPSC and UP Fashion are recalling UP Fashion Children’s Rings.  This play jewelry contains levels of lead above those permitted by federal safety regulations.  Lead is a neurotoxin and particularly toxic to growing children.  About 1800 of these rings were sold at Dollar stores and other discount stores nationwide.  Take these rings away from your children.  Contact U.P. Fashion at 201-438-0908 or via email at [email protected] to receive instruction about product disposal and refunds.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/U-P-Fashion-Recalls-Childrens-Rings-Due-to-Violation-of-Federal-Lead-Content-Ban

#upfashion #rings #children #lead #poisoning #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Pp3hZhZfbak

The CPSC and Jammers Apparel Group are recalling Dots & Dreams Dollie and Me nightgowns sold with matching doll dresses.  These nightgowns fail to meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear and create a risk of burn injuries.  About 450 of these nightgown sets were sold nationwide at JC Penney stores and online by jcpenney.com.  Don’t permit your kids to wear these sleep garments.  Contact Jammers Apparel Group at 1-888-526-6377 or via email at [email protected].  To obtain refunds, you must destroy the garments and provide the company photo evidence at the same email.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Childrens-Sleepwear-Recalled-Due-to-Violation-of-Federal-Flammability-Standards-and-Burn-Hazard-Imported-by-Jammers-Apparel-Group-Sold-Exclusively-at-JCPenney

#jcpenney #nightgowns #dollieandme #childrens #flammable #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/A6TJr3FqN9M

Folx Health has now closed a Series B financing round with 7wireVentures that will permit the online healthcare company that now provides gender affirming products for the LGBTQ community to expand its services and offer more comprehensive virtual provider services.  Folx’s total funding now hits $60 million.   The Folx website indicates which services are offered in various states.  Their panel of products include virtual healthcare, hormonal therapy, PRep medications, and ED therapy.

https://medcitynews.com/2022/10/folx-rakes-in-30m-to-enhance-direct-to-consumer-lgbtq-health-platform/

https://www.folxhealth.com

#lgbtq #folx #venturecapital #seriesb #virtualproviders #hormonaltherapy #prep #ed

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/CyWBvQL3hPI

Pennsylvania’s Capital Blue Cross health plan is the first to partner with billionaire and Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban’s discount Cost Plus Drug Company.  Cuban’s startup drug company cuts out the middlemen in the prescription drug food chain in order to cut costs for the consumer.  Capital Blue Cross subscribers will use their insurance cards on the Cost Plus website and the cost of medications purchased will count toward their deductibles.

 https://medcitynews.com/2022/10/capital-blue-cross-to-bring-low-cost-pharmacy-option-to-members-and-non-members-in-2023/

#prescriptions #bluecross #costplus #markcuban

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/mCtXCkNNyIE

The procedure typically used to pulverize kidney stones prior to flushing them out is shock wave lithotripsy.  This relatively violent ultrasonic blasting can be painful and unnerving and requires at least sedation and usually either regional or general anesthesia.  Now, Seattle’s University of Washington urologists and radiologists have developed a gentler method that works without anesthesia and uses ultrasonic propulsion of stones from the kidney and though the entire urinary tract and out.  For larger stones, burst wave lithotripsy first fragments the stone with painless ultrasonic energy in a manner similar to the way sounds can shatter a wine glass.

https://www.auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU.0000000000002864

#kidneystones #lithotripsy #ultrasound #anesthesia

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/BM9C_nTcJR0

Cystic Fibrosis is due to a genetic mutation that leads to insufficient moisture in body secretions and thickened respiratory mucus.  Geneticists at New York’s Stony Brook University and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have now demonstrated the possibility of using gene therapy with so-called antisense oligonucleotides to create better functioning versions  of the cell water-controlling protein CFTR, short for cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.  This will someday result in a set of more normally-functioning lungs, pancreas, liver, gastrointestinal tract, and reproductive organs for those with cystic fibrosis.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30668-y

#cysticfibrosis #cf #genetherapy #cftr #aso #antisenseoligotides

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/3y_Hk0gyDOw

Ok step counters….taking at least 10,000 steps a day consistently will cut your risk of dementia by half.  Australian public health researchers studied 78,430 adults 40 to 79 years fitted with wrist accelerometers over 18 months and then followed for nearly 7 years thereafter.

The data showed an exercise “sweet spot” for avoiding the development of dementia at 9826 steps per day which reduced the risk of losing your mind 49%.  The minimal number of steps to have any significant effect was 3826 and that reduced the dementia risk by 25%.

Bottom line:  if you want your brain to last, you’d better stop sitting or riding in your car and start doing some serious walking.  Put your smartwatches and fitness bands to good use and start clocking those steps every day.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2795819

#dementia #walking #fittness #smartwatch

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/QC8R62K5Jds

On average, 42% misrepresent their CoVid infection status and their adherence to public health recommendations necessary to avoid getting it and passing it to others. And these are NOT white lies that are victimless.

University of Utah researchers report this highly suspected but nonetheless disgusting finding following their national survey of 1733 US adults with a mean age of 41 years. 

The most common lies told included lying to others about having the disease, lying about it when entering a healthcare facility or a public venue, lying about being vaccinated, lying about their need to quarantine, breaking quarantine, and avoiding getting tested.

The 5 most common reasons for these lies?  I want to feel normal in 53%.  I didn’t feel sick in 49%. I want to exercise my freedom in 49%. It’s no one else business in 48%. I was following guidance or misguidance from a public figure in 43%. 

These statistics tell you why we are still fighting CoVid, why over a million Americans have died from it, and why millions more will suffer from its aftermath, that is Long CoVid, for years to come.  Those of you with your heads in the sand need to wake up, protect yourself and all of us by getting vaxed, boosted, and following sensible masking and distancing precautions when necessary.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2797071

#CoVid #precautions #publichealth #vaccination #boosting