Medical Decisions
By Dr. Anthony Policastro [Foreword: With the current interest in the causes of autism, I thought it might be a good idea to republish an article that I wrote earlier this year.] Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased [...]
Medical Decisions
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 [...]
Medicaid Nursing Home Funding
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 [...]
Counting Steps
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 [...]
Tylenol and Autism
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 [...]
Bariatric Assist
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 [...]
Happy Birthday Air Force
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 [...]
ChatGPT
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 [...]
Bad Medical Information
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 [...]
Lithium Deficiency
By Dr. Anthony Policastro There have been several headlines in the last few weeks about lithium possibly being beneficial for treating Alzheimer’s Disease. As is often the case, there is more behind the headlines than it would first [...]
