Posts Tagged ‘health’
Managing Pain in a Pinch
by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD Excerpt from Armageddon Medicine, How to Be Your Own Doctor in 2012 and Beyond The daily queue of suffering seems endless. Toothache, stomachache, headache, earache, back pain, leg pain, joint pain, neck pain, sore throat, sore feet, sore muscles, sore eyes. People come to you seeking relief relief from their…
Read MoreMy disaster preparedness secret weapon: Hydrogen Peroxide
BY: ALEX HOLLINGS When putting together a disaster plan, it’s important to prioritize human needs in the way that you prepare. To put together a solid short-term survival plan, you need only to address the most basic of human necessities: water, shelter, food, and security, but as short-term survival transitions into well I guess this…
Read MoreBiological Hazards
(Source – CDC and Ready.gov) Biological agents are organisms or toxins that can kill or incapacitate people, livestock and crops. A biological attack is the deliberate release of germs or other biological substances that can make you sick. However, in nature there are many items that can prove to be harmful and in some cases…
Read MorePaper, Plastic … or Cloth?
By Jim Rawles We’re sharing an article from our Journal of Civil Defense a few years back – originally found on Survivalblog.com A couple of years ago I was watching a commercial on television that showed two young men as they stood in a check-out line at a grocery store with a 6 pack of…
Read MoreImmunologist’s Tips for Surviving “Pollen Vortex 1” and “Pollen Vortex 2”
Dr. Joan Lelach says, ragweed pollen will likely join grass pollen to create a second Pollen Vortex for allergy sufferers this summer Allergy sufferers hoping to survive a perfect storm of elevated tree and grass pollen during the next several weeks, aka the “pollen vortex,” need to prepare for a second wave of overlapping allergens…
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