Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Howard G. Smith, M.D. is a former radio medical editor and talk show host in the Boston Metro area. His "Medical Minute" of health and wellness news and commentary was a regular weekday feature on WBZ-AM, WRKO-AM, and WMRE-AM. His popular two-way talk show, Dr. Howard Smith OnCall, was regularly heard Sunday morning and middays on WBZ.

Dr. Smith has adopted audio and video podcasting as conduits for HEALTH NEWS YOU SHOULD USE. Based on the latest medical, health, and wellness literature these reports provide practical information you can use to keep yourself and your family healthy. Many reports have video versions, and Dr. Smith’s YouTube Channel may be found at: http://bit.ly/2rNw6XQ

Trained at Harvard Medical School and a long-time faculty member at Boston Children’s Hospital, he practiced Pediatric Otolaryngology for 40 years in Boston, Southern California, and in central Connecticut. He is now based in New York City.

If you have questions or suggestions about this content, please email the doctor at drhowardsmith.reports@gmail.com or leave him a message at 516-778-8864. His website is: www.drhowardsmith.com.

Please note that the news, views, commentary, and opinions that Dr. Smith provides are for informational purposes only. Any changes that you or members of your family contemplate making to lifestyle, diet, medications, or medical therapy should always be discussed beforehand with personal physicians who have been supervising your care.

A Short Delay Bathing Newborns Enhances Breastfeeding

Jan 31, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Bmf-1znzk94

Don’t rush your newborn into the baby tub if you want immediate breastfeeding success. A study from the Cleveland Clinic’s obstetric unit shows that delaying the traditional post-delivery dunk by 12 hours significantly increases a new mom’s chances of exclusively...

A Short Delay Bathing Newborns Enhances Breastfeeding

Jan 31, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Bmf-1znzk94

Pop Music Lyrics Getting Darker and Angrier

Jan 31, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Z3xovlAR4Cg

The pop music in the soundtracks of Americans’ lives has become more sad and more angry over the past 7 decades. Musicologists at the University of Michigan now report this conclusion from their computerized sentiment analysis of more than 6,000 songs on Billboard’s Top 100...

Girls In Pain Get Less Sympathy

Jan 31, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/_W3hoDgJfP0

Another goal for the #metoo movement is suggested by the latest study from Yale psychologists. As research subjects observed a video of the very same child being subjected to the classic, old fashioned medical torture, the fingerstick, but identified as either Samuel or Samantha,...

It’s Karma: School Bullies Sustain More Injury Than Victims

Jan 31, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Lb0OYyB-6P4

School violence is on the rise but, surprise, it’s the bullies themselves who are most likely to be seriously injured. This the conclusion of a study by researchers at the University of Texas-Houston who studied of some 4300 5th, 7th, and 10th graders in Houston, LA,...