Doctor Column

‘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.” Osteoarthritis and Five (5) Risk Factors January 15, 2019 Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease in the U.S. affecting more than twenty million Americans and costing billions of dollars each year. It’s due to the wearing down of the joints — a degenerative disease of aging, more common in women and localized to the joints. It doesn’t spread to the internal organs.