By Dr. Anthony Policastro From 1997 until 2024, the annual total number of measles cases exceeded 300 only 3 times. This year as of July 15th the total number of cases stood at 1,267. Perhaps it is time [...]

Several years ago I wrote an article about a process problem that we had at Langley AFB. Our bottles of saline and potassium hydroxide looked identical. On two separate occasions, nurses accidentally washed out a patient’s eye with potassium hydroxide [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Several years ago, I wrote an article about a process problem that we had at Langley AFB. Our bottles of saline and potassium hydroxide looked identical. On two separate occasions, nurses accidentally washed out [...]

Social media has many uses. Unfortunately, not all of them are positive in nature. One of the less desirable uses is for what is called body shaming. Body shaming is a form of online criticism. It can make fun of [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro The weekend of the Fourth of July will provide a visual recognition of the after-effects of serving our country as a member of the armed services. Drivers heading down Route 1 just north of [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro We often use all of our senses without even thinking about it. We may hear something. We may see something. We may smell an aroma. We may taste something. We may feel something.  Each [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Anxiety can take many forms. One of them is called FOMO (fear of missing out). It refers to anxiety related to not finding out about information, events or experiences. People imagine that those things [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro The new movement is to “Make America Healthy Again.” This is admirable. It is also near impossible.  Adults all know what their unhealthy habits are. If they wanted to change them they could do [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro There are times when we pretend that no news is good news. That is not always the case. Parents rarely speak to their teenage children about sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The result is that [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Children develop along a specific pathway. They develop a social smile to show that they are thinking human beings and want to please their caretaker. They crawl before they walk. They use single words [...]