Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Review Board Earth Day, first observed in 1970, is expected to energize a billion people in over 180 countries on April 22 to dramatize the need to protect our environment. Several years ago, when Julie’s children were 7 and 11 year olds, she and her husband decided not to eat
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board In the late 1950/s and early 1960’s, pregnant women worldwide used a “wonder drug” promoted to combat a variety of conditions including morning sickness, insomnia and depression. Thousands of women who took the drug were horrified when they gave birth to babies with misshapen hands, feet, arms or legs.
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board Medications have cured many sick people. However, medications when combined with certain foods have made many healthy people sick. Some foods decrease the absorption of drugs in the body and make them less effective, because not enough drugs get into the blood stream. On the other hand, certain foods
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board Smoking is presently the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States However, obesity is in position to overtake that cancer enabler and become the leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S Over the last 3 decades, obesity has reached epidemic proportions. The numbers can vary, but
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board People can be passionate about their diets. At times, it seems that on one side of the fence someone is opining, “In order to be healthy, your body needs beef, fish or chicken.” On the other side, another is screeching, “You’re crazy. A vegetarian diet is perfectly healthy.” There
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board Several years ago, in one of Angelina Jolie’s press conferences about her movie SALT, she reportedly said: “A big juicy steak is my beauty secret. But seriously, I love red meat. I was a vegan for a long time and it nearly killed me. I found I was not
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board Ron is a 67 year old man who was feeling fine one minute and the next minute was on the floor of the living room of his apartment with his head against the sofa. His wife came out of the kitchen and said, “What are you doing on the
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory board Early on in my medical education, part of my internship was spent in the E.R. and with doctors who specialized in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. There was one Cardiologist I particularly enjoyed working with and noted how he cared for his patients. He explained to them that their heart
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board “Why do doctors have such terrible handwriting? I can barely read a word on my prescription slip. Take a look at this:” Sig. 1 po 45 min ac breakfast qd Look familiar? The truth is many doctors do have horrible handwriting but most likely you cannot understand what’s written
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board New Year Resolutions are easily made and easily broken. Below are suggestions that are fast and easy to do… Skin exam Every month do a skin and body examination, especially if you have fair skin or if there’s a family history of skin cancer. Of particular concern is melanoma.
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