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 | Oct 1, 2024 | Medicine
The famous American author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) lived from 1835 to 1910. In spite of being a life-long serious cigar smoker, he was quite healthy until late in life, when he developed heart trouble. However, illness, particularly infectious diseases, changed...
