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 [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro When I was Commanding Officer at Langley AFB Hospital, I had a visitor. He was a retired Air Force pilot. After his retirement he became Walt Disney’s personal pilot. I recently watched the story [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro I recently turned on television news. They were presenting medical information. The big news was that immunotherapy for cancer was allowing patients to not need surgery or chemotherapy. Some patients were actually cured by [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro I have written in the past about over the counter medications that are useful to have in your home medicine cabinet. The names of those medications rarely change. However, their availability is often affected [...]