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.

Online Gamers’ Health At Risk - Reprise

Jul 20, 2020

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/41B3FV_b1V4

Competitive electronic gamers risk eye, neck and back, wrist, and hand overuse disorders. E-Sports medicine investigators at the New York Institute of Technology review current knowledge about the risks.

Esport athletes practice upwards of 10 hours a day. Their eyes and...

Running Better By Rubber Banding Your Feet - Reprise

Jul 20, 2020

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/ozRY5Fj2CMw

Endurance running with a resistance band connecting your shoes can increase your running efficiency by over 9%. Mechanical engineers at UC-Santa Barbara clocked runners with and without latex surgical tubing connecting their feet.

The tubing stores kinetic energy as the legs...

Overeating When Young Triggers Cancer - Reprise

Jul 20, 2020

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/E81hPNLni9k

Wolfing down those beers and donuts under the age of 40 can increase your risk of mid-life cancer by as much as 70%. That conclusion and others from a large European study was just published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

Data from 220,000 subjects showed that...

Stress Triggers Lying - Reprise

Jul 20, 2020

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/jTLu0SqTsrw

If you’re pressured to answer a question, you will answer with a response designed to please the questioner even if its a lie. UC-Santa Barbara psychologists draw this conclusion after testing a total of 3,000 participants.

Research shows that the human mind has two...

More School, Fewer Alcoholics - Reprise

Jul 20, 2020

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/fCEfcgUYoww

Nearly 4 extra years of education cuts a risk of alcohol dependence by 50%. National Institutes of Health investigators draw this conclusion from their study of 780,000 participants.

The genetic markers linked to more education were not associated with less alcohol...