Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board On April 15, 2017 the world’s oldest person at that time died at the age of 117. The life of Emma Morano spanned three centuries. Born November 29, 1899, she was the last person born in the 1800s She died in Verbania, a small town on Lake Maggiore, Italy.
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board In the 1970’s, much notoriety was given to the “The Boy in the Bubble”. The youngster, David Vetter, lived alone for 12 years in a germ free plastic tent. His mother never held him in her arms. No one was allowed to touch him with their bare hands. The
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board Just as an apartment building uses a doorman and a surveillance system to identify and prevent unwanted visitors from entering the premises, the immune system uses an army of specialized cells, tissues and organs to survey and protect the body against foreign invaders. The immune system is composed of
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board Trouble swallowing in the elderly has received keen interest in recent years. Oropharyngeal Dysphagia — “OD” involves difficulty moving food or liquids comfortably from the oral cavity, mouth and throat, to the esophagus (food pipe). Some have proposed to characterize OD as a geriatric syndrome, a clinical disorder especially
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board Dysphagia (dys difficulty — phagia eating) is the medical term used to describe difficulty swallowing. Something prevents the comfortable passage of food or liquids from the mouth to the stomach. At times, we have all eaten too quickly, not chewed our food properly and experienced trouble swallowing. Ordinarily, this
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) report, “An estimated 1 in 3 Americans have trouble paying their medical bills. They are gradually paying medical bills over time or they have bills they can’t afford to pay at all.” Catastrophic injuries and chronic diseases have devastated the quality of
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MDMedical Advisory Board Peggy is a 69 y/o lady who complained of an upset stomach and diarrhea. At first, she blamed it on what she ate the previous day. However, the diarrhea persisted, became more frequent and more explosive. Her doctor diagnosed the problem as an intestinal infection caused by the bacteria
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MDMedical Advisory Board James Comey Jr., former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), made a “gut wrenching” decision that made him “feel nauseous”. He seemed tense, anxious and probably didn’t get his usual good night’s sleep. Stress causes physical, mental and emotional unrest. It can upset your stomach making you
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board In 1965, Medicare was signed into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. It is a federal health care insurance program to help Americans 65 and older pay their medical expenses. At the same time, Medicaid was created for low income families. Medicare has been expanded and revised over the
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board Chronic cough is a common and puzzling symptom. It hides behind many masks, some more deadly than others. Patients have bounced from one specialist to another in an unsuccessful and costly attempt to get an accurate diagnosis and proper treatment. ‘Non-pulmonary’ cough means the lungs are not the underlying
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