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Table of Contents – Armageddon Medicine

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

 Table of Contents                Foreword           Introduction           Preface – the Four Phases of Medical Armageddon         SECTION ONE – THE BASICS   … Continue reading →

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Armageddon Medicine – What’s in the book?

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

THE NEXT-BEST THING TO HAVING YOUR OWN DOCTOR! DO YOU NEED THIS BOOK?

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Will your dog eat your pig thyroid jerky?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Will your dog eat your pig thyroid jerky? I couldn’t sleep last night thinking about this.  My mind jumped from one question to the other. Recently I’ve been working on an update for the Hypothyroidism Self-Study Course.  As part of … Continue reading →

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Armageddon Medicine – filling the gap on the prepper’s bookshelf

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Armageddon Medicine – is this training manual for you? Here’s a thoughtful review from Peter Farmer, who holds advanced degrees in research biology and history, and who is also an RN and EMT. * * * Review: Armageddon Medicine: How … Continue reading →

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Special Holiday Offer – 50% off Downloadable Thyroid Self-Study Course – Expires Midnight, December 31, 2011

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

HYPOTHYROIDISM – ANSWERS FOR A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD Written for preppers worried about how to treat their thyroid condition at the end of the world as we know it, this 35-page downloadable self-study course by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD, offers more … Continue reading →

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Insulin, thyroxine, and biotech: feasible or fantasy?

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

Tomorrow’s headline: Hospitals Flooded with Patients Suffering Racing Hearts  – Source Traced to Bioengineered Bacteria. Can Experts Reverse the Epidemic Before More Succumb? * * * Today both KF and JW ask about an online article do-it-yourself biotech. Is it actually feasible to duplicate big … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Non-Compliant Patients

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

I have seen patients die – from uncontrolled hypertension, treatable urinary infections, curable pneumonia. What do many of these patients have in common? Some (though not all) simply did not take their medicine. It’s not that they didn’t have a … Continue reading →

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Thyroid disease – Hypothyroidism (low thyroid) – Part 5 of 5 – Rational treatment or cannibalism?

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Image via Wikipedia At the end of the world as we know it, there is one other treatment option for hypothyroidism that I refrained from mentioning. I am not aware that this treatment is practiced anywhere in the world, though it is … Continue reading →

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Thyroid disease – Hypothyroidism (low thyroid) – Part 1 of 5

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

The following is excerpted from my upcoming book, Armageddon Medicine. Thyroid disease – Hypothyroidism (Low thyroid) The question of treating low thyroid in a post-apocalyptic world is a common one.  If Synthroid becomes unavailable, is a hypothyroid person doomed? The … Continue reading →

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Nuclear fallout and harvesting thyroid tissue

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

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 →

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