List: Medicine | Curated by The Friedel Chronicles

Apr 26, 2022
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Medicine
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Covid-19 — what we must do!I repeat: we cannot afford not to.
Aug 4, 2021
Aug 4, 2021
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Covid-19 — what must be doneImmediately! We cannot afford not to.
Dec 4, 2020
Dec 4, 2020
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The ups and downs of Covid-19What do the numbers in the US tell us, how can we explain them?
Jun 29, 2020
Jun 29, 2020
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Covid-19 — what needs to be done……immediately! It is so obvious. And costs just 100 billion dollars.
May 28, 2020
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May 28, 2020
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Covid-19, exactly how bad is it?YACA — Yet Another Corona Article. 90% of international news reports are on the subject, and I had promised myself not to add even more…
Apr 13, 2020
Apr 13, 2020
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What is a virus? Is it even  alive?How to explain to young kids what is going on, what is disrupting their lives.
Mar 30, 2020
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Mar 30, 2020
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The coronavirus, what we can doYACA — Yet Another Coronavirus Article. But the situation is dire, and there are things you should do and heed.
Mar 24, 2020
Mar 24, 2020
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Healing with an unknown force?Can an amateur faith healer sink your temperature using a mysterious “universal energy” that only they can detect?
Mar 16, 2020
Mar 16, 2020
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Penicillin — how antibiotics changed the worldThis is part one of a series on a drug that miraculously transformed medicine — and the grave dangers that lie in store for the future of…
Nov 12, 2019
Nov 12, 2019
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Superbugs — the biggest threat to mankindThe problem is becoming really serious, and our medical industry cannot be counted on to provide a solution.
Nov 17, 2019
Nov 17, 2019
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On bikes and bonesHow I survived a high-speed accident
Aug 11, 2018
Aug 11, 2018
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Gerontology: How long will you live?The current average life expectancy is, globally, around 75. But what is the maximum, in exceptional cases?
Nov 25, 2017
Nov 25, 2017
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Air pressure and the human earOur hearing system is not perfectly constructed — at least not for modern day flying
Apr 5, 2017
Apr 5, 2017
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Radioactive PaExactly how dangerous is exposure to radioactive substances? It is not quite as bad as we usually think.
Feb 2, 2017
Feb 2, 2017
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Surgery today — with anesthesia!Two hundred years ago thing were really different — surgery was a thing of nightmares. Today it’s a walk in the park.
Dec 10, 2016
Dec 10, 2016
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My brief medical careerI was studying philosophy, and earning a living as an intensive care helper in the University Clinic
Dec 5, 2016
Dec 5, 2016
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Terrie’s TraumaHow even the healthiest person in the world can be struck with a debilitating affliction—and how she dealt with it.
Nov 30, 2016
Nov 30, 2016
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Melanie and her defective heartHow a baby can come into the world with a grave plumbing error and still survive, due to the miracle of modern surgery
Aug 28, 2016
Aug 28, 2016
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Timo and Regina — life in the hospitalKeeping badly injured children alive, and seeing them through the trauma they have endured
Jun 14, 2016
Jun 14, 2016
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How I survived the bubonic plague (sort of)Fortunately it was not the deadly disease — it was something slightly worse
Jun 20, 2016
Jun 20, 2016