by Ann Beach | Jun 11, 2025 | Medicine
When I was a little girl, my favorite book was Doctor Dan the Bandage Man, a Little Golden Book. Do you remember it? Dan helps Mother, his sister, even the family dog, when they get cuts and need Band-Aids. I knew I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up, so this book...
by Ann Beach | Jun 2, 2025 | Medicine
A Southern Medical Device AND Courtship Aid If you’re from the South, or have spent any time in Charleston, SC, you know what a joggling board is. We have one on our Atlanta patio, a gift years ago from my proper Southern in-laws. But I never knew it was originally a...
by Ann Beach | May 27, 2025 | Medicine
Today is Memorial Day, the day we set aside to honor Americans who died in active military service. War is always horrible, but historians tell us that the attempt to save many lives during wars has always led to innovative technologies and new skills that have helped...
by Ann Beach | May 21, 2025 | Medicine
Measles is very much in the news lately, so I feel compelled to write about it. Nope, I’m not going to get into the vaccination discussion; Instead, I’m going to tell you how measles changed history and impacted our lives in ways we don’t realize. It was not until...
by Ann Beach | Apr 23, 2025 | Medicine
Dr Barry Marshall, a young Australian gastroenterologist, was sure peptic ulcers were caused by infection, but he couldn’t prove it. That is, until a long 4-day Easter weekend led to a fateful change in the lab. It was 1982, and the conventional wisdom of the time was...
