By Dr. Anthony Policastro In the Bible, Proverbs 17 Verse 28 says: “Evan a fool who keeps silent is considered wise.” In 1907, Maurice Switzer updated that to read: “It is better to remain silent and be thought [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Medicaid has differing areas that it covers. A lot of attention goes to low income Medicaid users. We sometimes forget that almost 20 percent (one-fifth) of all Medicaid dollars go to pay for nursing [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro We sometimes ignore helpful things that are right around us. A good example of this is the health related applications of our cell phones. Cell phones have built in step counters. Some people never [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro I have often quoted Santayana as saying: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” When I was a resident, there was a thought that too much oxygen caused premature infants [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro In 2007 a movie called “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” was released. Adam Sandler and Kevin James played firefighters. In one scene a mother rushes out of a burning building. She tells [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro September 18 is the birthday of the Air Force. The Army Air Corps became the United States Air Force on September 18, 1947. I decided that in order to honor that, I would recount [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro A lot of people know that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be having a bigger impact in the future. What many of them fail to realize is the impact that it already has. My daughter [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro A few months ago, I wrote an article on misinformation and disinformation on social media. The definition of misinformation is false and inaccurate information. People spreading it believe they are correct. Disinformation is intentionally [...]