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Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTTQJLTD6EH/When attached to a bed, occupants can become entrapped within the rail or between the rail and the mattress, creating a serious risk of entrapment and death by asphyxiation. The bed rails also lack required hazard warning labels. Affected is model number BR-01.About 14,250 bedrails were sold in the United States through Amazon.com from September 2025 through October 2025.Stop using these recalled bed rails. To obtain a refund, cut the black fabric mesh bag off the upper rail, cut the black safety strap in half, and write “RECALLED” on both the upper and lower rails with a permanent marker. Then take a photo of the marked bed rails and email it to the company at yolaahproductrecall@outlook.com. After submitting the photo, disposed of the bed rails according to state and local waste disposal procedures. More information may be requested using the same email.https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/YOLAAH-Adult-Portable-Bed Rails-Recalled-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-o

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTTPmGfCSOg/If swallowed, the magnets can attract each other inside the body, leading to intestinal perforations, blockage, blood poisoning, or death. Affected is model number D888.About 3,500 games were sold in the United States through Amazon.com from June 2025 through September 2025.Stop using these recalled pounding toys. To obtain a full refund, write “RECALLED” on the base of the product with a permanent marker, throw the product away, and email a photo of the disposed toy to the company at Findriverpoundingtoysrecall@outlook.com. More information is available at the same email.https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Pounding-Toys-Recalled-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Magnet-Ingestion-Hazard-Violate-Mandatory-Standard-for-Toys-Sold-on-Amazon-by-Findriver-and-Weeksome#Lterfear #poundinggame #magnets #ingestion #children #recall

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DTTHjtgjRFS/The battery compartment in the LED light can be easily accessed by children creating a serious risk of battery ingestion that can cause severe internal burns or death.About 2,240 toy kits were sold in the United State through Amazon.com from March 2025 through July 2025.Stop allowing your child to use this recalled toy’s light-up luminous gasket which contains the button cell battery. Remove and properly dispose of the battery at a local recycling center.. To obtain a full refund, throw the toy’s gasket away and email a photo of the product in the trash to the company at changshaaoyuan@outlook.com. Request more information at the same email.https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Kori-Gey-Water-Toy-Kits-Recalled-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Battery-Ingestion-Violates-Mandatory-Standard-for-Toys-Sold-on-Amazon-by-Qaniy#korigey #waterelf #buttonbattery #ingestion #recallThe battery compartment in the LED light can be easily access

Vidcast:https://www.instagram.com/p/DTTJd51DbZg/These chargers can overheat and explode while in use creating serious fire and burn hazards for users.  Affected is model number RM5PBM.About 13,200 chargers were sold in the United States and 7,000 units were sold in Canada at Marshalls and T.J. Maxx stores between June 2024 and November 2025.Stop using these recalled magnetic wireless chargers. To obtain a full refund, register for the recall at recallrtr.com/powerbank and follow the instructions. After registering, dispose of the charger at a local battery recycling center and not with routine household trash. For more information, contact TJX by phone at 1-888-256-1564 or by email at powerbank@realtimeresults.net for more information.https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Isla-Rae-Magnetic-Wireless-Chargers-Recalled-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Sold-by-TJX-at-TJ-Maxx-and-Marshalls-Stores#islarae #charger #explosions #fire #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTTGv3PlvY2/This product violates the mandatory safety standards for infant sleep products. The sides are too low, the openings at the foot are wider than allowed, and the loungers lack a stand, creating serious fall and entrapment hazards.About 9,300 baby loungers were sold through Amazon.com and Walmart.com from December 2023 through October 2025.Immediately stop using these recalled baby loungers. To receive a full refund, remove the foam and pads from the lounger’s cover, cut the cover, the foam, and the pad in half, and then email photos of the destroyed pieces to the company at joyfuljourneysrecalls@myjoyfuljourneys.com. Use the same email to request more information.https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Joyful-Journeys-Recalls-Baby-Loungers-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Entrapment-and-Fall-Hazards-Violates-Mandatory-Standard-for-Infant-Sleep-Products#infant #loungers #entrapment #falls #recalls

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTG2R-BDFM5/Repeated exposure to fatty foods like bacon and burgers drives your liver cells into survival mode to help them endure metabolic stress. That transition also sets them on a path to become cancerous in years to come.Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School now report this frightening transformation in the journal Cell following their studies in a mouse model and in human liver cells using sophisticated single cell RNA sequencing.  Mature liver cells, hepatocytes, that are exposed to a high-fat diet become stressed and gradually abandon their normal metabolic and detoxification functions. They revert to a primitive, stem-like state that helps them survive inflammation and fat overload but makes them vulnerable to malignant, cancerous, transformation.The investigators observed this cell transition occurred in both the mouse and the human cells.  Nearly all the mice fed the high fat diet ultimately developed liver cancer. So take heed.  Now is the time to mod

A Widely-Used Painkiller May Harm Your HeartVidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTG1ZG6D_ja/Tramadol is an opioid often prescribed for chronic pain and restless legs.  Now, a comprehensive Danish review, published in the BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine journal, shows that tramadol carries a significant risk of heart-related problems including coronary artery disease with chest pain and eventual heart failure.The review analyzed 19 clinical trials that studied 6,506 participants with chronic neuropathic, osteoarthritic, low back, and fibromyalgic pain. The data demonstrates that tramadol doubles the risk of cardiovascular damage compared with placebo therapy.  Worse still, tramadol fails to have a consistent, significant effect on perceived chronic pain.The bottom line.  If you are taking tramadol for chronic pain, you should discuss with your medical team a shift to a non-opioid. At the same time, know that chronic pain is best controlled by not only analgesics but also non-medicinal therapy including physical

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTG02axD6Lt/It is truly disgusting that some disreputable companies are peddling supplements that claim to cure infertility. Some boast that they can improve your IVF success rate while others even claim to guarantee pregnancy.The FDA issues this warning and adds that these bogus, unproven products waste precious time, drain finances, delay effective medical care, and in some cases cause illness or injury. The red flags in the advertising pitches for these supplements include claims that sound too good to be true, promises of rapid pregnancy regardless of medical history, and headlines like “miracle cure,” “scientific breakthrough,” or “one product does it all.”While the FDA is issuing cease and desist warnings to these merchants of lies, it want you avoid being fooled, ripped off, disappointed, and misled.https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251219/FDA-warns-against-fake-treatments-for-infertility.aspx#infertility #fda #supplements #fraud

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTG0KhoDI5s/Whether you smoke cigarettes, vape, use nicotine pouches, or chew gum, the nicotine entering your body damages your heart and blood vessel tissues. Worse yet, nicotine consumption is surging, especially among teens and young adults. A newly published expert consensus report from the European Society of Cardiology, appearing in the European Heart Journal, delivers this disturbing message. The report’s authors include cardiologists from Germany, Italy, the UK, and the US.Multiple studies demonstrate that nicotine raises blood pressure, damages blood vessels, and increases heart disease risk. The damage occurs even in the absence of smoke, tar, and combustion toxins. The report also warns that secondhand exposure to vape and heated tobacco aerosols harms blood vessels.One other warning. Nicotine is exceptionally addictive, and vaping, chewing. The use of pouches often act as gateways to compulsive use rather than cessation.This report calls for urgent action incl

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTGzkWGld_k/Conventional wisdom implicates caffeine as a trigger for cardiac arrhythmias. Not so, at least for atrial fibrillation, concludes the so-called DECAF study, an acronym for Does Eliminating Coffee Avoid Fibrillation? Headed by cardiologists from UC-San Francisco and Australia’s University of Adelaide, this clinical trial studied 200 adults with atrial fibrillation.Subjects were randomly assigned to drink at least one cup of caffeinated coffee or avoid caffeine entirely for six months. Those who drank coffee daily show 39% fewer AFib episodes. The investigators suggest multiple reasons for this beneficial effect: caffeine may stimulate increased physical activity, caffeine is a mild diuretic that could lower blood pressure, and coffee contains natural compounds that may reduce inflammation.If this study is confirmed, those with a history of atrial fibrillation, rather than avoiding all caffeinated coffee intake, might benefit from moderate intake of daily “joe.”

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTGy1D9GNic/The manner in which your eyes blink tells just how well you are listening to a speaker.  A new study from psychologists at Montreal’s Concordia University, just published in the journal Trends in Hearing, reports that your blinking frequency diminishes as you focus on a given conversation. The two separate studies involving 49 adult participants. The results show that the frequency of blinking decreases significantly as the subjects begin to hear recognizable sentences. Blinking reduction is most pronounced as  individuals strain to hear the words through increasing background noise. This effect persists no matter the level of ambient light, bright, dim, or dark.Our brains and eyelids seem to pause as we listen more intensely. This information should give you a hint about the level of interest your partner in conversation really has in what your are saying. If they are blinking up a storm, your words are likely going in one ear and out the other.https://www.sc

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTGwzXhD5MX/Replacing the vital compound pleiotrophin, missing from the brain tissues of those with an extra 21st chromosome, shows a promise of restoring critical intellectual functionality by mending flexible synaptic connections even after neural development appears to be complete..Neuroscientists at the University of Virginia and California’s Salk Institute made this discovery in a mouse Down Syndrome model. The researchers discovered that pleiotrophin, normally abundant during early brain development, is present at lower levels in those with Down syndrome. When they restore it in adult Down Syndrome mice using genetic engineering, critical neural function  increases in the hippocampus, a key learning and memory center, and overall brain plasticity improves.Down syndrome affects about 1 in 700 American newborns condemning them to learning and memory challenges and a higher risk of other health problems throughout life. This exciting result in a pre-clinical study chal

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTGwXlFDCNu/Carrying on a conversation with a passenger or your phone while driving slows the eye movements that deliver about 90 percent of the information that you need to detect hazards. This from  researchers at Japan’s Fujita Health University whose study was just published in the journal PLOS ONE.Studied were 30 healthy adults, mean age 22 years. Measured was the elapsed time necessary for each subject to shift gaze to a critical target while actively talking, listening, or without any distraction.The data demonstrates that only active talking causes delays in the time necessary to initiate eye movements, visualize a target, and stabilize the gaze. Listening alone does not have this effect. The researchers say the mental effort required to think and speak competes with the brain systems that control eye movement, disrupting visual processing before a driver can even recognize danger and formulate a timely reaction. Through the delays were small, the researchers warn

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTGv2cqgD1K/Putting on a virtual reality headset to experience a short virtual reality experience could be the key to allaying your fears.  So say sleep scientists at Texas A&M University in a report of their pilot study in Frontiers in Virtual Reality. They studied 61 young adults who donned Oculus Quest 2 units and watched scenes inspired by commonly reported near-death experiences including an out-of-body sensation following a car accident, traveling through a tunnel of light with memory flashbacks, and arriving at a calm, scenic landscape that symbolizes a boundary between life and death.The data demonstrated that participants experienced an average 75% drop in death anxiety after a single 12-minute VR session. Most participants reported feeling calmer afterward and said the experience prompted reflection on life priorities and relationships. A small number, however, reported increased stress or anxiety.Larger studies are on the drawing board to determine if VR co

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DTGs1LpDfDE/Do you and your partner battle over a type of blanket, who has more, and/or temperature? The Scandinavian sleep method may be the answer to your dilemmas. It’s simple: you share the same bed, but you each have your own blanket, duvet, or even sleeping bag instead of sharing one.In contrast to most of my reports, I could find no controlled, clinical studies comparing “one blanket versus two” and demonstrating the superiority of the latter.  Studies do show that sharing your bed and bedding can lead to sleep quality degradation due to partner movements, temperature feuds, and blanket or comforter tug-of-war.On the other hand, there are $ benefits for partners who co-sleep.  They include: $ falling asleep faster; $ reduced risk of sleep apnea; and $ less insomnia. I won’t mention the obvious.While not scientifically proven, separate blankets, comforters, or duvets is a practical sleep hygiene hack.  Why not give it a try if co-sleeping isn’t working for you.https

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DS1xWQQDAuP/Eating the dough or cookies creates serious risk to people with peanut allergies. Affected is the 2-pound, 8.5-ounce package marked with a BEST BY date of December 6, 2026.This recalled frozen cookie dough was sold in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Nebraska at retail grocery stores.If you, family members, or household visitors have a peanut allergy, returned the cookie dough to the place of purchase for a full refund. Additional information from Gregory’s Foods, Inc. at 1-800-231-4734.https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/gregorys-foods-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-peanuts-bag-full-cookies-white-chocolate-macadamia#gregorys #cookiedough #peanut #allergy #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DS1w2eEjGdj/The tree nut allergens include almonds, pecans, and walnuts.About 197 cookie tins were sold in Baltimore, Towson, and Catonsville, Maryland in December 2025.If you have tree nut allergies, do not consume these cookies. Return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. For additional information, call Atwater’s at 1-410-644-3435.https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/atwaters-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-tree-nut-allergen-cookie-tin-labels#atwaters #cookies #almonds #pecans #walnuts #allergy #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DS1v6gpEXxU/Cookie Butter Holiday Bark contains undeclared pecans, and Pecan, Cranberry and Cinnamon Holiday Bark contains undeclared wheat, with multiple lot numbers: 28525, 29925, and 30625, with best by dates ranging from May 2026 through September 2026.These recalled Holiday Bark products were sold nationwide through Aldi grocery stores.If you have allergies to pecans or wheat, return these Choceur Holiday Bark products to the place of purchase. For more information, contact Silvestri Sweets by phone at 1-630-232-2500 or by email at customerservice@carousel-candies.com.https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/silvestri-sweets-expands-voluntary-allergy-alert-undeclared-pecan-and-wheat-cookie-butter-holiday#choceur #bark #pecans #wheat #allergy #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DS1vKTzDjtT/Affected are Original Meaty Flavor and Heartland Harvest Dog Biscuits – Meaty Flavor with Chicken lot number 40906513 with a best by expiration date of September 6, 2026.These recalled dog biscuits were sold in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Montana, and Nebraska.Do not feed these recalled biscuits to your dog. Return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. If your pet did eat some, monitor for symptoms including lethargy, diarrhea, fever, or vomiting.  Contact your veterinarian if any symptoms appear. If you have questions, call Consumers Supply Distributing, LLC at 1-712-202-5609.https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/consumers-supply-distributing-llc-recalls-country-vet-biscuits-dogs-due-possible-salmonella-health#countryvet #biscuits #dogs #salmonella #infection #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DS1ulVlDeM7/Lead leaches into food prepared in these saucepans. It causes neurologic damage, particularly for children with developing nervous systems.The recalled saucepans include four sizes ranging from 1 quart to 3 quarts.These recalled saucepans were sold in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, and Quebec City, Canada between January 2023 and November 2025.Return these contaminated aluminum saucepans should to the place of purchase for a full refund. For questions, call 1-718-388-5650 or email recall@townfood.com.https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/town-food-service-equipment-co-inc-recalls-aluminum