How to Assemble a Family Health History That Can Save Your Life

It can be a powerful medical tool — especially now

David H. Freedman
Elemental
Published in
6 min readApr 14, 2020

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AAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions might be at higher risk for severe illness from Covid-19.” That’s an important fact, because it provides someone with an underlying condition an…

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David H. Freedman
Elemental

David is a Boston-based science writer. The most recent of his five books is WRONG, about the problems with medical research and other expertise.