By Dr. Anthony Policastro Much has been made of the current Ebola outbreak in Africa. There have been 16 recorded Ebola outbreaks in the Congo prior to the current one. All were handled. This time, the World Health [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro In the 1800’s, Chinese laborers introduced snake oil to the United States. It was an oil made from the Chinese water snake. It contained omega-3 fatty acids. These could help reduce inflammation. For that [...]

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 said that would get me a nickel change. She teasingly told me that she could [...]

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

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 [...]