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.

HealthNews RoundUp - 4th Week of June, 2019

Jun 28, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/3f5DYU6F4ZA

This is Health News You Should Use, the latest medical discoveries and commonsense advice that you can use in a practical way to keep yourself and your family healthy.

Here are this weeks stories :

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Take Some Deep Breaths Before Seeing Your Doctor

Jun 28, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/P1tlzAik8wY

Relaxing yourself before going in that examining room will help you get much more from your visit. Psychologists at the University of Michigan studied nearly 1500 subjects to determine if interventions that induced more positivity and openness to information would result in a more...

Bedroom TVs And Nightlights May Be Fattening

Jun 28, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/-EFYrk5NLnM

If you love falling asleep with the TV treating you to Law and Order or if you merely leave a light on in the room, you’d better watch that scale.

The NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences studied nearly 44,000 women in the so-called Sister Study of...

Grapefruit Dangerously Powers Up Certain Drugs

Jun 28, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/XMWrYblrEB4

Grapefruit and grapefruit juice may cause you to overdose on many popular prescription drugs. The FDA now repeats its 2017 warning to us and asks us to carefully read the label on any drug you are taking to see if grapefruit can interfere with its function

Grapefruit juice blocks...

Vacation Is Literally Good For Your Heart

Jun 28, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/7YWEoizy0y4

Taking frequent vacations is associated with a lower risk of developing the metabolic syndrome, that deadly triad of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. This welcome news comes from Syracuse University’s Department of Public Health.

The study focused on 63 university workers,...