Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD Medical Advisory Board Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition where the body does not use insulin properly, or does not produce enough insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that helps the body effectively use glucose (sugar) from food we eat, making it possible to enter cells for energy. When insulin is not used effectively, glucose builds up in the bloodstream,
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD Medical Advisory Board In the year 2000, Measles was declared “eradicated” in the United States. This was a remarkable scientific achievement! In early 2025, there was a resurgence of this disease in America — A remarkable failure of communication by the government, and the public health system to effectively inform the public about the benefits, and safety of the measles vaccine. Measles Measles is a viral
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD Medical Advisory Board “Far more than a senior moment, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the “Long Goodbye.” The disease is not a part of normal aging. It is a gradual, deadly assault on memory, reasoning and behavior. It cripples a person’s emotional, mental and physical health. More Americans than ever fear Alzheimer’s disease, and for good reason. Once a person is in the grasp of this disease,
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD Medical Advisory Board A severely underweight person is as worrisome as a person being morbidly obese. Extremely underweight individuals are malnourished, and when the low body weight is persistent, it can have tragic consequences. Consider the situation with Karen Carpenter. Former popular singer Karen Carpenter is a notable casualty of the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. This condition caused her to be severely malnourished,
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board “I choose not to keep my story private, because there are many women who do not know that they might be living under the shadow of cancer. It is my hope that they, too, will be able to get gene tested, and that if they have a high risk they, too, will know that they have strong options,” said Jolie. Angelina
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board A biomarker, in medicine, is anything that can be used to measure the health status of a person. A wide range of biomarkers is available to determine whether a person is healthy or sick. For instance, some are as simple as taking your pulse, body temperature, or measuring your blood pressure. Other biomarkers can be more complex, such as biological molecules used to identify genetic changes in cancer cells.
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Over 3.3 million Americans on Medicare use insulin. In August 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which included caps on out-of-pocket insulin costs to $35 per month for each insulin product covered by a person’s Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, or Medicare Advantage plan. The law took effect on January 1, 2023. For
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, M. D. Medical Advisory Board Dana is a 29 y/o marketing executive who woke up one winter morning “feeling sick.” She told her husband, “I feel tired, nauseated, and have mild stomach cramps.” It wasn’t long afterwards, she suddenly experienced the onset of vomiting, and diarrhea. Her husband encouraged her to drink liquids, but it only caused her to vomit more. The miserable
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD Medical Advisory Board A short while ago, my wife and I had dinner with friends who recounted the story of their 13 year old son. “Several weeks before we took Eric to the doctor, we noticed that he was thirsty, I mean he was drinking a lot more water than usual” Mom said. “Also, I would wake up in the morning at my usual time, open the refrigerator
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD Medical Advisory Board On December 12, 2024, the FDA in a briefing document “put on hold” all clinical trials of vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. The FDA said it was notified by Moderna, in July 2024 that their findings from a clinical trial signaled safety concerns in infants. The two vaccine candidates were being evaluated during Phase 1 trial which primarily
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