By Dr. Anthony Policastro We eat things made of fats, carbohydrates, and protein. Each of these are complex molecules made up of smaller pieces. Fats are made up of what are known as fatty acids. Carbohydrates are made [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Many people remember having their newspaper delivered to their house on a daily basis. There were not many choices for most people. Media now comes at us from all directions. There are 24-hour news [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro When I was a Hospital Commanding Officer in the Air Force, I had three separate instances where wives came into my office after their husbands had died. They were working through the stages of [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Any kind of loss elicits the stages of grief. Sometimes they are very brief. The stages are denial, anger, bargaining, mourning and acceptance. In most cases, we go through these very quickly and move [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro I often quote Santayana, who noted: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” We often choose to ignore the mistakes of the past while choosing to make the same mistakes [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro There are a lot of medical preventive tests that make logical sense. That is why we do so many screening procedures. They have been shown to pick up some diseases at an early stage [...]

Dr. Policastro There is a Broadway musical that has a song related to high school bullying. The point it makes is that by the time one gets old enough, high school becomes a distant blip in life. However, [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro We know that second hand smoke puts others at risk. Driving under the influence of alcohol puts others at serious risk. There are other behaviors like that that can affect the health of those [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Common infections can have different symptoms depending on the age of the patient. We know that is true for things like measles, rubella, and chickenpox. All three diseases can be severe in children. However, [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Awards are given out for many things in workplaces. There is a group of individuals in each location that always seem to have problems with the winners. They tend to find reasons why the individual [...]