By Dr. Anthony Policastro Much has been made of the current Ebola outbreak in Africa. There have been 16 recorded Ebola outbreaks in [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro In the 1800’s, Chinese laborers introduced snake oil to the United States. It was an oil made from the [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro I recently was shopping at a local store. The bill came to $20.96. I handed the cashier $21.05 and [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro I have been to several reunions. I attended the 50th reunion of my high school class. I attended the [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro We eat things made of fats, carbohydrates, and protein. Each of these are complex molecules made up of smaller [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Many people remember having their newspaper delivered to their house on a daily basis. There were not many choices [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro When I was a Hospital Commanding Officer in the Air Force, I had three separate instances where wives came [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Any kind of loss elicits the stages of grief. Sometimes they are very brief. The stages are denial, anger, [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro I often quote Santayana, who noted: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” We often [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro There are a lot of medical preventive tests that make logical sense. That is why we do so many [...]