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, MD Medical Advisory Board As noted in a previous post, “The thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped endocrine gland located in the neck below the Adam’s apple and in front of the windpipe It consists of right and left thyroid lobes joined together by a narrow strip of thyroid tissue called the isthmus. Thyroid cancer is a disease in which malignant) cells divide, and multiply without control in thyroid
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD Medical Advisory Board Jared Kushner, the 42 year old former White House senior advisor, and son-in-law of ex-President Donald J. Trump, revealed in his 2022 book “Breaking History” that he had been treated for thyroid cancer. He was diagnosed as having thyroid cancer in October 2019 when a biopsy performed at Walter Reed Hospital tested positive for thyroid cancer. His
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD Medical Advisory Board Shingles is a common viral infection that targets the skin, and nerve fibers. It causes a painful rash-blister due to the same virus that causes chickenpox (varicella-zoster virus). After a person recovers from chickenpox, the virus usually remains dormant or inactive in the body for the rest of his life; but for an unknown reason it can become reactivated
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board What Is It? The thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped endocrine gland located in the neck below the Adam’s apple or thyroid cartilage, and in front of the windpipe (trachea). It consists of right and left thyroid lobes (wings), joined together by a narrow strip of thyroid tissue called the isthmus. Follicle cells are the functional units that make up the
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board A good night’s sleep is a priceless gem. It restores, revitalizes, and energizes us. Lack of sleep impacts our memory, how we think, feel, and behave. We’re not alert, our job performance suffers, we’re often grumpy, and our behavior can be an embarrassment. Many people have experienced being up 24 hours, followed by the necessity of working eight hours the next
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Former President Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924. Few thought this 98 year old would be living today. In 2015 he was diagnosed with melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer which had spread to his liver and brain. Mr. Carter decided to seek the advice of doctors and scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board The United States Supreme Court in June of 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade and a woman’s choice concerning abortion. Subsequent to the Court’s “Dobbs” decision, over the past six months there has been an increase in requests for information about vasectomy, as well as an uptick in the number of vasectomies. Traditional Vasectomy (Scalpel) Each year 500,000 men head
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Getty Images Ambulance leaves Payor Stadium, and takes Damar Hamlin to U. C. Medical Center after his cardiac arrest. Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on January2, 2023 after tackling Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tee Higgins in the first quarter of the game broadcasted on “Monday Night Football.” People in the stands at Paycor Stadium and
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board When I was an undergraduate, the University organized an October field trip to Vermont for a long weekend. On the second day of the trip, a bunch of us were having lunch on wooden tables and benches. I was seated next to and chatting with Mike, whom I met for the first time the previous day. When I asked him a question and
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