Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board In 2011, two Louisiana residents died after using a neti pot and tap water. Their deaths were caused by the “brain eating” amoeba N. fowleri. Once the amoeba enters the nose, it travels to the brain and this bacterial infection is almost always fatal. These residents had symptoms similar
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board A cough is a protective reflex that works to clear mucus and foreign matter from the back of the throat, the voice box, windpipe and lungs. Although the cough reflex is there to help us — and often the cough is benign — the sound of a cough can be frightening
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board Our body has an early warning system, better than any government’s defense department. Our challenge is to decipher the signals our body transmits to us and to act on this intelligence to remain healthy. We need to decide: “Is this cough a serious problem?” “Is the cough accompanied by
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDAdvisory Board Member Some home remedies have proven to be less costly and work better than medications for that nagging cough. A cough that lingers is an annoyance to you and can be to those around you — “Why doesn’t he do something about that cough?” Below are ten things you can
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Whether it’s 2’o’clock in the afternoon or 2 in the morning, parents will worry, “Why is my child coughing?” Can I ignore the cough? Does he need medication? Is it necessary for my child to be examined by a doctor? Two year old Billy had a cold, runny
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Chris Perzanowski, MD, FACC, FHRS Hypertension is known to be an important risk factor for cardiac events and stroke. Identification of the ideal target has fluctuated over the years. Overzealous control of blood pressure may itself lead itself to stroke and syncope (fainting) presumably due to hypoperfusion. The SPRINT trial was a large (9300 patients)
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board In the year 2010, there were one billion physician office visits in the United States. The most common reason for visiting the doctor was not headache, arthritis or diabetes. It wasn’t hypertension, sinusitis or the flu. It was “coughing.” Coughing is a presenting symptom associated with some underlying
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board The cough reflex is a defense mechanism essential to life… Coughing is a common, somewhat perplexing complaint with a variety of causes. It’s a symptom – not a disease. Coughing can be a reaction to “cold air” or it can make the clinician suspicious of cancer. It can
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Have you ever notice people in the theater or in some other venue lining up to rent a listening device to improve their hearing? Some are wearing hearing aids, others are not. What are these listening devices? Why do people with hearing aids need them? John, a 63
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Individuals at times complain: “People mumble all the time. They don’t speak up.” Or they might say, “I can hear you, but I can’t get a grip on the words.” Adults can voice their disappointments but small children are dependent on alert parents and physicians to recognize their
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