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 [...]

The Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition (DBCC) is proud to announce the return of Broadwalk on the Boardwalk, a heartfelt community fundraiser created by Kathy Wiz in honor of her sister’s courageous battle with breast cancer. This free event takes place [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro Medications are useful when taken in the proper dose. However, when the dose gets too high, it can be damaging. A good example of that can be found during the current measles epidemic in [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro We all acknowledge that bullying is bad. History tends to repeat itself. In the past there were many drivers who felt that they were fine to drink and drive. That resulted in thousands of [...]

By Dr. Anthony Policastro We all acknowledge that bullying is bad. We have seen the effects of bullying in multiple scenarios. Social media has become a pathway to bullying. We have seen adolescents commit suicide over online bullying. [...]