Category Archives: Perennial Favorites

Where to begin?

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Where to begin? As this blog develops, specific advice on relevant topics will be added on a regular basis.  If you have comments or questions on a particular aspect of health care, please enter them below.              In the meantime, start … Continue reading →

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Clinical Laboratory Procedures under Austere Conditions: Part II – Light Microscopy

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

The following post on clinical laboratory procedures is contributed by Pete Farmer,  who holds advanced degrees in research biology and history, and is also an RN and EMT.  For Part I of the series, click HERE.  * * * As outlined in … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day Through the Eyes of a Veterinarian and a Veteran

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Today’s post is contributed by one of our professionals, both a veterinarian and U.S. veteran. * * * I have been blessed to have had a full life with two great daughters and many friends on this and other continents; … Continue reading →

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Week 12 – Question of the Week: How can we best serve our country in preparing for an Armageddon event?

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Week 12: 2011-05-26 With Memorial Day approaching, today I’m asking all readers to consider this question: How can we best serve our country in preparing for an Armageddon event? I know several readers and contributors are serving or have served in … Continue reading →

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from “The Gods of the Copybook Headings” – Rudyard Kipling

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

  Our friendly dentist sent this today, a reminder from days gone by. “….Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true … Continue reading →

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Dangers of pill splitting?

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Craig asks:  A lot of data sheets I have seen for medicines in tablet form say something along the lines of “Do not halve the tablet. Dose equivalence when the tablet is divided has not been established.” How accurate is … Continue reading →

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Cholera – Lessons from Haiti

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Haiti had not experienced a cholera epidemic in over a century. The January 2010 earthquake changed that. In the wake of the destruction and misery, cholera paid a visit.  By October 2010 an epidemic had been identified.  By six weeks later 91,770 cases … Continue reading →

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Medical-prepper links

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

One of our contributing professionals asked about placing my research on a hotmail sky drive.  Perhaps in the future I’ll find time to add this feature, but in the meantime he has offered to share his own extensive prepper research … Continue reading →

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Sex and TEOTWAWKI

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

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 →

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New Deadly Virus . . . just when you think we’ve seen them all

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

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 →

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