Monthly Archives: September 2014

The Chikungunya Pandemic

With all the news focusing on the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, we forget that[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Allergies, Acid Reflux, Respiratory Viruses

In the latest episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton, M.D.[Read More]

How Pandemics Spread

In modern times, we have become highly dependent on the high technology that has, in[Read More]

Video: Immunity

For you visual learners out there, here’s  our video on immunity, meant to serve as[Read More]

Immunity

I’ve been writing a lot about epidemics lately, including Ebola, EnterovirusD68, and others. I talk[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Alzheimer’s, Wildfires, Ebola Response

In the latest episode of Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy’s Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and[Read More]

Wildfire Safety

Summer has ended but wildfires are still raging across California. Hundred of thousands of acres[Read More]

Ebola: Does It Matter?

(Update: My mention of the minimal response of the U.S. to the Ebola crisis seems[Read More]

13 Foods That Can Help Diabetics

One of the most-frequently asked questions I get regarding medical preparedness is about diabetes. Insulin,[Read More]

Medical Supplies, Part 4: Open/Bleeding Wounds

The injury that most non-professionals are most fearful of is the open, often bleeding, wound.[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Lyme Disease, Depression

In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton,[Read More]

Video: Earthquakes with Dr. Bones

In his latest video, Joe Alton, M.D., aka Dr. Bones, discusses how to keep your[Read More]

Enterovirus 68

(Update: 10 states are investigating outbreaks of respiratory disease in children, including one that has[Read More]