Doom and Bloom (TM)

Headaches are one of the most common medical symptoms that you will see in your role as medic.  The brain matter itself doesn’t have pain receptors, but there are several structures around the brain that are sensitive.  Muscles, blood vessels, sinuses, lining tissue, and others can be the site for significant discomfort. Many consider headaches [...]

  Doom and Bloom(tm) Hour tonight with Nurse Amy and Dr. Bones will bring you solid information on Collapse Pregnancies, and how and why you may want to prevent them. We will review our latest Dental Kit contents and share some dental care tips for preppers. Nurse Amy will bring you her herbal plant of [...]

It’s a rare individual that doesn’t have a wife, girlfriend, mother, daughter or granddaughter that isn’t of childbearing age (say 13 to 50 year old).  Even if they aren’t related to you personally, they could be in your survival group.  Remember that, even if you have a little girl that’s 5 years old now, one [...]

    (Here’s an article we wrote that was recently posted by our friends at Ready Nutrition, but is making its first appearance here) Hey Self-Reliants,   As a retired physician and nurse team whose entire focus is figuring out strategies for survival situations, we are often asked what medical issues are the most likely to [...]

Hey Prepper Nation, We get quite a few excellent emails discussing various preparedness issues and scenarios, but occasionally one is so compelling that it could stand on its own as an article.  Here are a few thoughts and questions by Patty Prepper, and my responses on the topics she touches upon.   To Dr. Bones [...]

Hey Preppers, There was a time when the announcement of a pregnancy was met with concern as well as joy.  In a collapse situation, some of these concerns will present themselves again.  Despite this, we know a lot more about the importance of hygiene and clean conditions that we did before.  This will help prevent [...]