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Dr Howard Smith Reports
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40+ years talking health and wellness on radio and podcasts. Harvard Med Sch, MD; Harvard, AM, Immunology; former Medical Editor, WBZ-AM, Boston.
TZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwich Boxes Have Packages Labeled As Cheese. These small packages labeled as cheese crackers but containing peanut butter creates risks severe allergic reactions for peanut-allergic persons.#ritz #crackers #peanutbutter #cheese #allergy #recall
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Bonnihill BeefiBowls Beef Recipe Dog Food Has Plastic Pieces. This gently cooked and frozen dog food contains plastic foreign bodies that lead to mouth, throat, and gastrointestinal tract injuries for your dog. #Bonnihill #BeefiBowls #salmonella #infection #recall
December 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted Have Salmonella Contamination. #wegmans #nuts #salmonella #infection #recall
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December 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Grandma Belle’s Tomato Basil Soup Contains Undeclared Milk. #grandmabelles #tomato #soup #milk #allergy #recall
December 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Primark Water Balloon Pump Ruptures. Because this pump builds up excessive pressure during use. #primack #balloon #pump #explosion #recall
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December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Crayola-Branded Pip-Cubes Contain Ingestible Magnets. Magnets inside the cubes become loose creating a serious ingestion hazard. #crayola #pipcubes #magnets #ingestions #gastrointestinal #recall
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Grizzly Industrial’s G0815 15-inch 3-horsepower Heavy-Duty Planers Shoot Debris. The chip breaker contacts the cutter head blades during use and ejects debris leading to impact and laceration hazards. #grizzly #planer #projectiles #injuries #recall
December 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
HydroJug14-ounce Children’s Sport Tumbler Chokes. The tumbler handle detaches and becomes a choking hazard for children. #hydrojug #tumbler #handle #choking #recall
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Casaottima 13-Drawer Dressers Entrap Children. These units tip over if not anchored to a wall creating entrapment hazards that can lead to serious injury or even death for children. #Casaottima #dresser #tipover #entrapment #injury #recall
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
KTEBO Writing Tablet Toy Sets Have Child-Accessible Button Batteries. The button-cell battery compartment readily opens creating a risk of serious injury or death should your child swallow the battery. #ktebo #tablets #ButtonBatteries #ingestion #burns #recall
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
INIU BI-B41 Power Banks Dangerously Overheat. The lithium-ion battery in these power banks overheat and ignite creating fire and burn hazards. Affected are units with serial numbers 000G21, 000H21, 000I21, and 000L21. #iniu #powerbank #overheating #lithiumion #fire #burns #recall
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
WARNING: Childhood RSV Infection Boosts Asthma Risk. Infants developing RSV during the first 6 months of life are more than three times more likely to develop bronchial asthma later on. #asthma #rsv #vaccination #pregnancy
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A weight loss pill called “Molecule,”going viral on social media overseas, contains the banned substance sibutramine that boosts your risk of heart attack and stroke. #molecule #diet #sibutramine #heartattack #stroke
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Re-energizing Acute Myeloid Leukemia Chemotherapy with venetoclax. The central element is preventing tumor cell mitochondrial shape-shifting. #leukemia #lymphoma #aml #venatoclax #opa1
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Neuroscientists at Tulane University and the University of Texas-Dallas have discovered a way to stop pain-transmitting nerves from doing just that. #pain #VLK #NSAIDS #opioids
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Transplantation Without Immunosuppression. Stanford transplant immunologists have developed a transplantation technique employing an induced hybrid or chimeric immune system in the recipient. #transplantation #diabetes #hybrid #stemcell #immunosuppression
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Head Injuries Impair The Brain’s Self-Cleaning. Head trauma-induced damage to the glymphatic system may be a component of CTE. #head #trauma #cte #glymphatic #mri
December 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Pollution Curbs Benefits Of Outdoor Exercise in half. As pollution level rises, reduction of death risk completely disappears. #exercise #pollution #masks #fitness
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Cure For Adult Lazy Eye. Adult ablyopia and vision loss, thought to be permanent, can be reversed with retinal aesthesia says MIT researchers. #amblyopia #lazyeye #retina #anesthesia
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Focused Ultrasound Blasts Chemotherapy Pathways Into The Brain. Temporarily opens blood-brain barrier. #ultrasound #focused #bloodbrainbarrier #braincancer #chemotherapy
December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Nose Drops Fight Brain Cancer. Washington University-St. Louis and Northwestern University neurosurgeons have developed nose drops that transport nanomedical agents along nerves through the blood-brain barrier. #nasaldrops #nanotechology #braincancer #glioblastoma #immunotherapy
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Snacks May Save Couch Potatoes And Desk Hermits. Excessive sitting can be lethal. It reduces healthy blood vessel widening, so-called flow-mediated vascular dilatation. #sitting #flavanol #legs #bloodvessels #dilatation #heartdisease #stroke
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Kroger’s Boar’s Head Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese Has Listeria Contamination. #Krogers #boarshead #pecorino #romano #listeria #infection #recall
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Prairie Farms Gallon Fat Free Milk Has Cleaning Fluid Contamination. Affected is milk with code date DEC08 and plant code PLT19-145. #Prairiefarms #milk #cleaningfluid #poison #recall
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December 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Choceur Holiday Barks Contain Undeclared Allergens. The Cookie Butter Holiday Bark contains undeclared pecans and Pecan, Cranberry & Cinnamon Holiday Bark contains undeclared wheat. #choceur #holidaybark #allergens #pecans #wheat #recall
December 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM