It might not be very often, but once in a while I run across a bit of “something good” on the internet.
Such is the case with a whole new bundle of what I would call “research summary statements” about vaccines and vaccinations from the leading research analysis team in the US, or perhaps even the world!
No, not the CIA, NASA or even Space-X – Read more →
I trained in the Navy during the Vietnam war. I wasn’t in the fighting, thank heavens; but, I pretty much saw all of its results and tried to fix as much as I could; but all of us knew who the real healer was!
Lately, I’ve been thinking about war again. It really doesn’t seem to have changed all that much – except: It just feels… “closer” somehow. And I don’t remember so much anger – at least around me.
It seemed to me that we were a bit more united back then, fighting the same battles, doing our jobs and Read more →
Our “Doctor number 26” in the list of most influential doctors of all time, Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, lived in the late 1800’s, before the advent of electricity; so, at night had to study by the light of flames. His rituals, widely known by housemates, neighbors and other students, involved reading into the night for as long as two candles lasted.
His incredible work ethic would eventually lead to a medical degree after recovering from Beri-Beri, discovering the cause of three major diseases, having a disease named after him, two nominations for the Nobel Prize, his picture taken with Einstein and his photo on Brazilian money!
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