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Armageddon Medicine Instruction Manual
Armageddon Medicine- What you will find hereThis web site is devoted to empowering you, the reader, to care for your loved ones and yourself when there’s no other choice. Thank you for visiting and may God bless you richly in 2016 and beyond. – Doc Cindy … Continue reading →
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Author Archives: Cynthia J. Koelker, MD
Should you worry about your blood pressure in 2012?
D. Brown asks: From my study and research it looks like blood pressure can be treated with herbs and diet. Am I correct in this understanding? Generally speaking, high blood pressure falls into two categories: the kind that may kill … Continue reading
Sex and TEOTWAWKI
What do cockroaches and chlamydia have in common? Both are likely to survive the end of the world as we know it. So will syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, HIV, and human papilloma virus – all our old friends. For a free, … Continue reading
Are you prepared to prevent 99% of infections?
Image via Wikipedia Infections in human beings are caused by a frightening array of microorganisms. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, worms, amoeba, parasites, and prions invade the human body, spreading fear and misery throughout the world. In a very real sense, … Continue reading
Posted in Acne, Acute diseases, Bronchitis, Common cold, Diarrhea, Diseases, Ear infection, Eye infection, Laryngitis, Medical archives, Pink eye, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Skin, Skin infection, Sore throat, STD, Stomach flu, Strep throat, Thrush, Urinary tract infection, Vomiting
Tagged Bacteria, Foodborne illness, Infection, Infectious disease, Microorganism, Prevention, Rationing, Sexually transmitted disease
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Week 8 – Question of the Week: What diseases will surface when society is disrupted?
Week 8: 2011-04-28 Today I’m asking our professionals to weigh in on a question posed by Dan, one of our readers and contributors: What diseases would likely show up with a disruption of life as we know it? Haiti saw a marked … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster Relief, Education, Preparation, Public health, Question of the Week
Tagged Cholera, Disease, Haiti, Infectious disease
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New Deadly Virus . . . just when you think we’ve seen them all
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) – quite a mouthful. This week’s Journal of the American Medical Association included a few paragraphs on this newly identified infection, caused by a tick-borne Phlebovirus of the Bunyaviridae family. Other tick-borne illnesses … Continue reading
Medical Preparedness Scenarios: Making Choices
The following post on medical preparedness is contributed by Pete Farmer, who holds advanced degrees in research biology and history, and is also an RN and EMT. Planning for the future means making choices, setting priorities, formulating educated judgments, and making predictions … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Medical archives, Pete Farmer, Preparation
Tagged Armageddon, choices, legal, medical, military, preparedness, technology, training
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Nuclear fallout and harvesting thyroid tissue
A curious reader asks: Does your book address the possibility of a nuclear fallout situation? I have Graves disease and very little functioning thyroid left. How would nuclear fallout affect harvesting supplemental thyroid from exposed animals? The self-study course, HYPOTHYROIDISM … Continue reading
Posted in Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, Medical archives, Nuclear radiation exposure, Radiation - nuclear, Stockpiling medical supplies, Thyroid disease, Thyroid preparations
Tagged Hypothyroidism, Iodine-131, Nevada National Security Site, Nuclear fallout, Potassium Iodide, Radioactive decay, Thyroid, Thyroid disease
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Week 7 – Question of the Week: What critical care may be accomplished at home?
Week 7 – 2011-04-21 Today I’m asking our professionals to weigh in on the question: What critical care may be accomplished at home? We have a number of ICU nurses, EMTs, and physicians on board, whose opinions should be quite interesting. … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster Relief, Education, Medical archives, Question of the Week
Tagged Ask an Expert
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Watch Dogs and Precious Pooches – don’t forget about Snoopy
Dwight, one of our veterinary colleagues, sent me a pamphlet on the military working dog that includes a list of references animal-lovers may want to add to their survival bookshelf. Anyone with working dogs, watch dogs, or beloved pets will … Continue reading
Radiation disaster – is the U.S. ready?
In a word: NO. In light of the recent Japanese nuclear disaster, the American Medical Association has issued a special report on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Ordinarily this publication would be reserved for dues-paying AMA members, but the … Continue reading