by Ann Beach | Dec 21, 2025 | Medicine
In December, the questions parents ask in the hospital are different. Instead of “Will my child be OK?”, we pediatric hospitalists hear: “We have plane tickets to go skiing for Christmas. Will he be well by then?” “She’ll be home for Christmas, right? We’ve never been...
by Ann Beach | Jul 11, 2025 | Medicine
The late 19th and early 20th Century was a time of optimism about many things, but not about premature babies. In an era that celebrated healthy babies, with Better Baby contests, awarding prizes to the biggest, fittest, best-looking babies, there was little to offer...
by Ann Beach | Jan 29, 2025 | Medicine
We all remember playing Candy Land, following the brightly colored path through the peppermint stick forest and gumdrop mountains, past the lollipop woods to get to Home Sweet Home. However, few people realize that this game would never have been invented if not for...
by Ann Beach | Sep 12, 2024 | Medicine
I’ve always been curious about why famous writers became writers, and why they wrote what they wrote. Clearly, our life experiences shape what we write, and we as writers are always admonished to “write what you know”. As a doctor, I am fascinated by illness and...
by Ann Beach | May 5, 2024 | Medicine
Mark Twain said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. “ Let’s have a romp through some beliefs that have NO science to back them up. Burping babies- If you’ve ever been a parent or a babysitter,...
