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  • Survival Medicine Podcast: New Antibiotics

    24 Jan 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: New Antibiotics

    In this audio episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner [...]

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    Ivermectin for COVID-19?

    23 Dec 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Ivermectin for COVID-19?

    we’re coming up on the one-year anniversary of my original article “A New Pneumonia”, [...]

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    The Case For Fish Antibiotics

    15 Dec 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    The Case For Fish Antibiotics

    More than a decade ago, I was the first physician to advocate for the storing of antibiotics [...]

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    How Many Antibiotics?

    11 Dec 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    How Many Antibiotics?

    It stands to reason that infection will be a big issue confronting the survival medic. Bad [...]

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    Tonsillitis In Austere Settings

    7 Oct 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Your tonsils are glands on each side of the back of the throat. Their job is to help trap bacteria[...]

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    What You Might Not Know About Hand Washing

    28 Sep 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    What You Might Not Know About Hand Washing

    One of the simplest ways to maintain good health is washing your hands. You may feel that hand [...]

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    A New Virus In Kazakhstan?

    11 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    A New Virus In Kazakhstan?

    Over the years, I have made it my mission to notify the public (those that will listen, at least) [...]

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    A Brief History of the Spanish Flu Pandemic

    2 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    We’ve spent a lot of time discussing the COVID-19 pandemic on this channel, but we should also [...]

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    Things To Know About The R-Nought Number

    26 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Things To Know About The R-Nought Number

    If you’ve paid any attention to the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 or watched movies like [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Home Care For COVID-19 Patients

    22 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Home Care For COVID-19 Patients

    COVID-19 tests are now available in larger numbers in the U.S. and the numbers of positives are [...]

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    If COVID-19 Isn't A Pandemic, I Don't Know What is

    26 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    COVID-19: PANDEMIC STATUS? The SARS-CoV2 virus, newest member of the coronavirus family has [...]

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    Video: WHO Guidelines for Home Care of COVID-19 Patients

    24 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    WHO Guidelines for Home Care In situations like the current COVID-19 epidemic, international [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Coronavirus

    3 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Coronavirus

    Unless you just got back from a trip to Mars, you probably know that there’s an epidemic going on[...]

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    Coronavirus Update

    29 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Latest news on 2019-nCoV Unless you just got back from a trip to Mars, you probably know that [...]

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    Video: Face Masks, Part 1

    25 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Face Masks, Part 1

    Video: Face Mask Basics Throughout history, infectious diseases have been part and parcel of the[...]

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    Coronavirus: The Next Pandemic?

    22 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Last week, we reported on a mysterious ailment first reported Dec. 8th, 2019, in Wuhan, China. [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Pneumonia in Austere Settings

    9 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Pneumonia in Austere Settings

    Health authorities in China are reporting 60-70 cases of a previously unknown viral pneumonia that [...]

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    A New Pneumonia

    7 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Health authorities in China are reporting 60 cases or more of a previously unknown viral pneumonia [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Dengue Fever, Permethrin

    27 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD

    Survival Medicine Podcast #379 Today, we talk about a mosquito-borne illness. What? It’s [...]

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    Dengue Fever in the U.S.

    26 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Dengue Fever in the U.S.

    LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF DENGUE FEVER Image by Mayo Clinic Down here in South Florida, we get [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Infectious Disease

    11 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD

    THE SURVIVAL MEDICINE PODCAST #376 Hey, I’ll bet you’ve wondered from time to time if [...]

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    Antibiotics: Both Sides Of The Coin

    10 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Antibiotics: Both Sides Of The Coin

    ANTIBIOTICS: BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN A number of infectious diseases, mostly respiratory and [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Deadly Viruses

    4 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Deadly Viruses

    deadly viruses Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or bad, and the family medic[...]

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    Clindamycin

    13 Nov 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Clindamycin

    CLINDAMYCIN AS A MEDICAL STORAGE ITEM In any situation where modern medicine is not available, [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour #370: Amebiasis, Nail Bed Injuries, Altitude Sickness

    19 Oct 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour #370: Amebiasis, Nail Bed Injuries, Altitude Sickness

    A fractured femur or a gunshot wound to the chest are major injuries that affect your chances of [...]

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    Wound Debridement

    1 Oct 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Wound Debridement

    Medical professionals like doctors, nurses, and paramedics and the high-tech equipment they work [...]

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    Ebola in Central Africa: Forgotten But Not Gone

    27 Sep 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Ebola in Central Africa: Forgotten But Not Gone

    EBOLA IN CENTRAL AFRICA For some time, The Democratic Republic of Congo has been in the throes [...]

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    #363 Survival Medicine Hour: Hepatitis, Jeff Motes of "Once Upon an Apocalypse", More

    1 Sep 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    #363 Survival Medicine Hour: Hepatitis, Jeff Motes of &quote;Once Upon an Apocalypse&quote;, More

    #363 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Outbreaks of hepatitis A are springing up in various [...]

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    Antibiotics and Probiotics

    14 Aug 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Antibiotics and Probiotics

    A while ago, I received a question from a listener about the use of antibiotics in [...]

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    #356 Survival Medicine Hour: Snakebites, Doxycycline, More

    13 Jul 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    #356 Survival Medicine Hour: Snakebites, Doxycycline, More

    #356 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Warm weather wakes humans up from their hibernation, but[...]

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    #351 Survival Medicine Hour: Cholera, Drug Storage, Shooters, More

    8 Jun 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    #351 Survival Medicine Hour: Cholera, Drug Storage, Shooters, More

    #351 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Dehydration from Cholera can be life-threatening You might [...]

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    #350 Survival Medicine Hour: Suture Materials, Water Off The Grid, More

    1 Jun 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    #350 Survival Medicine Hour: Suture Materials, Water Off The Grid, More

    #350 Survival Medicine Hour Last week, the Altons discussed less invasive methods of wound [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Wound Closure, Natural vs Conventional Therapy, More

    18 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Wound Closure, Natural vs Conventional Therapy, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST with JOE ALTON MD and AMY ALTON ARNP Improvised "butterfly" [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Treating Fractures, Tourniquets, Face Masks, More

    11 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Treating Fractures, Tourniquets, Face Masks, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST SOFT-T tourniquet in place The use of tourniquets to control [...]

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    VIDEO: Kissing Bugs and Chagas Disease

    9 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    VIDEO: Kissing Bugs and Chagas Disease

    VIDEO: KISSING BUGS AND CHAGAS DISEASE In this video companion to a previous article, Joe Alton MD [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Kissing Bugs, Chagas Disease, Broken Bones, More

    4 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Kissing Bugs, Chagas Disease, Broken Bones, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST It’s a rare individual who passes an entire lifetime without [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Medications with Dr. Bones and Todd Sepulveda of Prepper Website

    3 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Medications with Dr. Bones and Todd Sepulveda of Prepper Website

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE PODCAST  The Altons are in Gatlinburg, fresh off the Mother Earth News Fair [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Probiotics and Antibiotics, Structural Fires, More

    20 Apr 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Probiotics and Antibiotics, Structural Fires, More

    SURVIVAl MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST For years, Dr. Bones has been writing about antibiotics and how [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Tornadoes, Nettles, Expiration Dates, More

    30 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Tornadoes, Nettles, Expiration Dates, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Spring is tornado season, and all up and down Tornado Alley, [...]

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    Video: Expiration Dates and the Off-Grid Medic

    30 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Expiration Dates and the Off-Grid Medic

    VIDEO: EXPIRATION DATES  UPDATE In survival scenarios, the medic will eventually be caring for the[...]

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    VIDEO: Creating An Epidemic Sick Room

    20 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    VIDEO: Creating An Epidemic Sick Room

    VIDEO: CREATING AN EPIDEMIC SICK ROOM Sick ward in 1918-9 Spanish Flu epidemic 100 years, ago,[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Mumps, Expiration Dates, OTC Drugs, More

    16 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Mumps, Expiration Dates, OTC Drugs, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Sometimes, diseases that are rare today pop up unexpectedly, such as[...]

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    Mumps and Mariners

    13 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Mumps and Mariners

    MUMPS Sometimes, diseases that are rare today pop up unexpectedly, such as the recent outbreak of [...]

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    Video: Which Antibiotics?

    13 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Which Antibiotics?

    VIDEO: WHICH ANTIBIOTICS TO HAVE IN SURVIVAL SETTINGS If a disaster throws you off the grid, [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Which Antibiotics, "The Unraveling", more

    9 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Which Antibiotics, &quote;The Unraveling&quote;, more

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Survival Group Medicine Handbook guru Charley Hogwood comes to[...]

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    Which Antibiotics To Have For Survival Settings?

    9 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Which Antibiotics To Have For Survival Settings?

    WHICH ANTIBIOTICS TO HAVE? (NOTE: The information below is only meant for circumstances where [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Pediatric First Aid, Keflex, More

    3 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Pediatric First Aid, Keflex, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton MD and Amy [...]

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    Video: Dr. Alton Interviewed By Canadian Prepper

    2 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Dr. Alton Interviewed By Canadian Prepper

    VIDEO: CANADIAN PREPPER INTERVIEWS DR. BONES Our good friend The Canadian Prepper has a large[...]

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    Video: Antibiotics In Survival: How Much Is Enough?

    1 Mar 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Antibiotics In Survival: How Much Is Enough?

    VIDEO: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO ANTIBIOTIC STORAGE? There are many reasons that modern[...]

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    Patient Transport in Austere Settings

    20 Feb 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Patient Transport in Austere Settings

    PATIENT TRANSPORT IN AUSTERE SETTINGS In normal times, your main goal upon encountering an injured [...]

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    Video: Xofluza: A New Anti-Flu Drug

    18 Feb 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Xofluza: A New Anti-Flu Drug

    Video: XOFLUZA Last year, 80,000 Americans died from the influenza virus. Early treatment with [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: How Many Antibiotics, Shooter Events, Hangnails, More

    16 Feb 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: How Many Antibiotics, Shooter Events, Hangnails, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST A gunman opened fire inside an Aurora manufacturing plant on [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Radiation, Pt.2, Measles, Crystal Meth

    9 Feb 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Radiation, Pt.2, Measles, Crystal Meth

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST We don’t often get to report good news these days, but here’s [...]

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    Accumulating Antibiotic Stockpiles: How Much Is Enough?

    6 Feb 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Accumulating Antibiotic Stockpiles: How Much Is Enough?

    HOW MANY ANTIBIOTICS DO YOU NEED? Some years ago I began writing about medical [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Mudslides, Survival Medics, Supplies, More

    27 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Mudslides, Survival Medics, Supplies, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST In a long term survival situation, it will be an extremely [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Pneumonia, Medic Duties, Virus vs. Bacteria

    18 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Pneumonia, Medic Duties, Virus vs. Bacteria

    Today, we have advanced laboratory studies that allow identification of many pathogens. Despite [...]

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    Xofluza: A New Anti-Viral For Influenza

    15 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Xofluza: A New Anti-Viral For Influenza

    XOFLUZA (BALOXAVIR): A NEW ANTI-VIRAL The human body spends a lot of energy fighting for its health[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Hypothermia, Winter Strandings, Avalanches, More

    12 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Hypothermia, Winter Strandings, Avalanches, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST This week, Winter Storm Gia, they’ve been naming them for a [...]

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    Video: Asthma in Survival Settings, Part 2

    9 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Asthma in Survival Settings, Part 2

    VIDEO: ASTHMA, PART 2 We usually write about Asthma in the Spring, when pollen counts are high [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Influenza, Epi-pens, Falls Through the Ice, More

    4 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Influenza, Epi-pens, Falls Through the Ice, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or bad, and the[...]

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    Deadly Viruses, Part 2

    26 Dec 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Deadly Viruses, Part 2

    DEADLY VIRUS, PART 2 Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or bad, and the [...]

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    Deadly Viruses, Part 1

    15 Dec 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Deadly Viruses, Part 1

    DEADLY VIRUSES, PART 1 Ebola virus Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Asthma, Pandemics, Food Myths, More

    15 Dec 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Asthma, Pandemics, Food Myths, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Ask people about the last pandemic and most will say it was the [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Survival at Sea, Sharks, Antibiotics, More

    7 Dec 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Survival at Sea, Sharks, Antibiotics, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR Lt. George H. W. Bush Upon the passing of President George H. W. Bush, we[...]

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    Home Remedies For Burns

    6 Dec 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Home Remedies For Burns

    HOME REMEDIES FOR BURNS Certainly, burns are injuries that can have long-standing consequences in [...]

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    Food Safety Standards: Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill

    3 Dec 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Food Safety Standards: Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill

    FOOD SAFETY: CLEAN, SEPARATE, COOK, CHILL The person that’s responsible for the health of their[...]

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    Video: Alton's Antibiotics and Infectious Disease

    28 Nov 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Alton's Antibiotics and Infectious Disease

    Video: Our New Book Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: The Layman's Guide to Available [...]

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    Multistate Food Poisoning Outbreaks

    26 Nov 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Multistate Food Poisoning Outbreaks

    MULTISTATE FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS An outbreak of food poisoning with Escherischia coli (E. coli) [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Burns, Nail Issues, New Book, More!

    23 Nov 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Burns, Nail Issues, New Book, More!

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP are pleased to announce their [...]

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    New Book: Alton's Antibiotics and Infectious Disease

    18 Nov 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    New Book: Alton's Antibiotics and Infectious Disease

    Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: The Layman's Guide to Available Antibacterials in [...]

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