Doctor Column
Cat-Scratch Disease and Cat Bites: What to Know — What to Do
June 25, 2019
Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD
About 25% of households in the US own one or more cats, which means close to 32 million families are feline friendly. If you belong to one of those families, who among you can say, “I never have been scratched or bitten by a cat?”
Should You “Just Say No” to Vitamin E Supplements? Eat Healthy Foods 1st
June 15, 2019
Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin found in certain fatty and oily foods. Fats makes up about 90% of vitamin E and its main job is to work as an antioxidant to neutralize free radicals.
Tick Bites and A Revealing Conversation About Ms. Babesia
June 5, 2019
Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD
At the end of the summer last year, a friend of mine rang my doorbell at 4:45 p. m. Smiling, he presented me with the last vegetable harvest of the summer from his garden.
“Am I Allergic to Penicillin? How Can I Be Sure?”
May 25, 2019
Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD
Sharon, a 38 year old lab technician, is filling out her medical history in the doctor’s waiting room. One of the first questions on the medical form: What’s your main complaint? She wrote — Sinus pressure and pain. Another question: “Are you allergic to any medication?” She wrote — Penicillin.
Surprising Information About ‘Vitamin A’
May 15, 2019
Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD
Many are aware that vitamin A is needed for normal eyesight, especially in low light. Vitamin A helps maintain a healthy cornea, the clear, outer layer of the eye. It’s also needed by the retina, the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, for it to function normally.
‘Thumb’ Arthritis (Osteoarthritis)
May 5, 2019
Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD
Sharon, a 53 y/o writer asked her husband to, “Look at my thumb. The right thumb is bigger than the left.”
Vitamin K and Bleeding — “What is Vitamin K Good For?”
April 25, 2019
Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD
We’ve all had a bloody nose, scraped a knee or cut a finger at one time or another. A remarkable feat happens when liquid blood turns into a solid mass forming a blood clot and the bleeding stops. If a wound, internal or external does not clot, the bleeding continues leading to shock and a catastrophic ending!
Measles: “Deja Vu?”
April 15, 2019
Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD
Someone said, it seems like “deja vu, all over again” for measles. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, has confirmed 387 individual cases of measles in 15 states from January 1 to March 28, 2019. What is the reason or reasons for the current measles’ outbreak?”
Vitamin D — Are You Getting Enough of It?
April 5, 2019
Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD
When I was about five years old, my mother would open the kitchen cabinet door, take out a dark bottle and come towards me with a spoon in her hand. She didn’t have to say anything.
Vitamin Basics — The Surprising Story of Vitamins
March 25, 2019
Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD
Today, we don’t blink an eye when we buy vitamin D fortified milk, vitamin B1 (thiamine) enriched cereals, iodized salt or other enriched foods. Yet, it took centuries before researchers started to figure out the biochemical composition of food and minerals and how they impacted our health.
