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ED Talk: COVID-19 Long Haulers and the Puzzling, Lingering Effects of a Virus We Don't Understand
As more and more Americans contract COVID-19 and survive, we are learning about the puzzling and long-term physical and mental effects...
Dr. Ed
Dec 28, 20201 min read
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When the Stars Align, We Can Find Peace in the Most Unusual Ways
As two planets aligned recently, we here on planet Earth are still feeling completely out of alignment in our lives. The COVID vaccine...
Dr. Ed
Dec 22, 20203 min read
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ED TALK: Should you get the COVID-19 vaccination? Mayo Clinic doctor helps you decide
During the next weeks and months, you will be asked to make an important decision. Dr. Ed, in this ED Talk, helps you decide. Take a few...
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Dec 10, 20201 min read
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The Doctor in the Mouse: Why telemedicine is the one stunningly hopeful change COVID has created
As COVID infections spread in mid-2020, and as isolating was recognized as the path to prevention, patients were reluctant to show up for...
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Dec 3, 20205 min read
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Nov 28, 20200 min read
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Nov 20, 20200 min read
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David and Goliath, and Guess Who Is Goliath?
In the spring of 1962 David fought Goliath for a state basketball championship. At that time in history, basketball was the only sport...
Dr. Ed
Nov 18, 20204 min read
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No Mask? I'm Outta There
We all understand the concept of the tipping point—as Malcolm Gladwell wrote about so powerfully in his book by the same name. The...
Dr. Ed
Nov 12, 20204 min read
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Masked Up, Gloved Up, and Stocked Up, but We're Now Sick and Tired: Understanding COVID-19 Fatigue
For most of us our journey with the coronavirus pandemic started in March 2020 with the institution of executive orders to stay at home...
Dr. Ed
Oct 29, 20203 min read
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Drug Trials 101: What does it mean when vaccine development is put on hold?
You don't know them, but they are heroes--Americans who are rolling up their sleeves to test vaccines to prevent COVID-19 in drug trials.
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Oct 19, 20203 min read
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Behind Every Number Is a Story
The numbers of dead and ill during this global pandemic continue to be mind numbing. But behind every number and every statistic is a story.
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Oct 10, 20203 min read
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The West Wing, COVID-19, and the Great Debate
Our lives are not reality TV. Our lives are real life. Lessons from TV's West Wing.
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Oct 5, 20203 min read
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The Man in the Big Delivery Truck
When that big truck pulls into your driveway, wave, say hello from a distance, thank the men and women in the big trucks--our lifelines.
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Sep 23, 20203 min read
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Save the Restaurants (and other COVID Victims)
Your favorite bars and restaurants may be closed (for good). Or closing or in trouble. Sadly, these familiar places are also COVID victims.
Dr. Ed
Sep 15, 20203 min read
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As We Await Our Medical Knight in Shining Armor to Release Us from Our Viral Bondage
We are dealing with people whose lives and health and livelihood have been shredded by this viral nightmare in ways we could never imagine.
Dr. Ed
Sep 2, 20204 min read
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COVID and My Cat
Chloe in her final dance brought community to our door during a time of profound grief and loss in more ways than one.
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Aug 27, 20203 min read
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What do Michael Jordan and COVID-19 have in common?
Be alert, engaged, and anticipate the future, because, like Michael Jordan, maybe we can create the future.
Dr. Ed
Aug 12, 20204 min read
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The Taste of Summer—Ice Cream Cones and COVID
As the COVID-19 pandemic ensnares and unravels almost every aspect of our life, find some way to be kind to someone else.
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Jul 27, 20203 min read
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A Russian Psychologist 100 Years Ago Tells Us Why We Are Having Trouble Coping Now
What a Russian psychologist discovered 100 years ago about why we are having trouble coping today.
Dr. Ed
Jul 19, 20204 min read
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Shift the Odds, Win the Game
Battling a virus is not a game. Do you want to play the numbers and bet your life on that?
Dr. Ed
Jul 10, 20203 min read
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