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 [...]

Dr. 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 which can affect the health of those around us. [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Psychology Today a few years ago had an article on social media use. They specifically looked at the differences between individual users and those who used it because they had narcissistic tendencies. We all [...]

Dr. Policastro The “news media” is in the business of selling information for money. Therefore, catchy headlines are necessary. I wrote the article below last week. The following day I saw a headline that read: “Scientists say going [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro One of the things you learn in medicine is that giving bad news is usually associated with a period of the patient digesting that information. During that period of time, they are not attentive [...]