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  • Cases of Hepatitis In Children

    17 May 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Cases of Hepatitis In Children

    “Hepatitis” is the term used for inflammation of the liver. Mostly caused by viruses, this [...]

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    Video: Diabetes, Pt. 2: Complications

    7 May 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Diabetes, Pt. 2: Complications

    In part 2 of this video series that serves as a companion to earlier articles, medical [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Nasal Trauma, AFib, Valerian

    6 May 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Nasal Trauma, AFib, Valerian

    It’s a rare individual who has never had a nosebleed and a lot of people have, over the [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Thyroid Issues, Alcoholism, More

    26 Apr 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Thyroid Issues, Alcoholism, More

    More than 20 million Americans experience some form of hormonal dysfunction related to the [...]

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    Video: Diabetes Off The Grid

    25 Apr 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Diabetes Off The Grid

    A major issue that the family medic may confront in survival settings is diabetes mellitis. [...]

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    Diabetes, Part 4: Natural Remedies

    14 Apr 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Diabetes, Part 4: Natural Remedies

    In part 1, part 2, and part 3 of this series, I discussed types, symptoms, emergencies, and [...]

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    Diabetes, Part 3: Options Off The Gird

    5 Apr 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Diabetes, Part 3: Options Off The Gird

    In part 1 and part 2 of this series, we discussed the different types of diabetes and their [...]

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    Diabetes, Part 1

    26 Mar 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Diabetes, Part 1

    One of the most common questions we receive from readers, listeners, and viewers is how to deal[...]

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    Vein Issues Off The Grid

    5 Aug 2021 | Joseph Alton MD

    Problems relating to veins, especially in the legs, can affect a group member’s productivity [...]

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    Botulism

    13 Jul 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Botulism

    Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that thrives in anaerobic environments. Botulism toxin is [...]

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    Ticks

    11 May 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Ticks

    It’s the time of year when, whether you’re a hiker, camper, or survivalist, you’ll be [...]

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    Nursing Care Off The Grid

    10 May 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Nursing Care Off The Grid

    Providing nursing care Providing emergency care for an injury or other medical issue is [...]

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    Video Podcast: Thyroid Issues

    17 Mar 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video Podcast: Thyroid Issues

    In this video version of the Survival Medicine podcast, Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP discuss[...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Thyroid Issues, Hypertension

    15 Mar 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Thyroid Issues, Hypertension

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

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    Video: Anemia

    16 Jan 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Anemia

    In survival settings, the strain of malnutrition, injuries, and other issues can cause the [...]

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    Anemia

    5 Jan 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Anemia

    In survival scenarios, there are plenty of occasions where the medic will encounter a group [...]

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    Asthma In Survival

    15 Nov 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Asthma In Survival

    Asthma is a chronic condition that limits your ability to breathe. It affects the tubes that [...]

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    Alzheimer's: Prevention and Treatment

    17 Aug 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Alzheimer's: Prevention and Treatment

    Many in the preparedness community are mature enough (and prepared enough) to reach their [...]

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    Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

    19 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

    On January 7th, 2020, I wrote an article about pneumonia that described a mysterious new [...]

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    How Much Social Distancing Is Enough?

    9 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    How Much Social Distancing Is Enough?

    Hint: This isn't enough The CDC has recommended social distancing that keeps six feet between [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Podcast: COPD in Survival Settings

    29 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: COPD in Survival Settings

    Chronic Lung Disease Off The Grid We often talk about trauma and infection, but less so about [...]

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    Fish Oil As A Survival Supplement?

    9 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Fish Oil As A Survival Supplement?

    fish oil if a disaster knocks you off the grid for long enough, the medicines eventually run out[...]

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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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    Bacteria: A Short (3 Billion Year) History

    10 Oct 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Bacteria: A Short (3 Billion Year) History

    BACTERIA: A SHORT 3 BILLION YEAR HISTORY When it comes to current events, it’s useful to know [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Heart Issues, Hypertension, Kidney Disease, More

    5 Oct 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Heart Issues, Hypertension, Kidney Disease, More

    #367 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Amy Alton ARNP In this episode of the Survival Medicine [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Debridement, Ebola 2019, Type II Diabetes, More

    28 Sep 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Debridement, Ebola 2019, Type II Diabetes, More

    #366 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST You may have heard the phrase "Gone But Not Forgotten" but [...]

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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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    #355 Survival Medicine Hour: Earthquakes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, More...

    6 Jul 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    #355 Survival Medicine Hour:  Earthquakes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, More...

    #355 THE SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Southern California has been hit with a 7.1 [...]

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    CBD Oil: What You Should Know

    21 Jun 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    CBD Oil: What You Should Know

    WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CBD OIL CBD Oil is being studied by researchers. Public support for [...]

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    Video: Diabetes Off The Grid with Dr. Bones and City Prepper

    12 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Diabetes Off The Grid with Dr. Bones and City Prepper

    DIABETES OFF THE GRID Insulin will run out in times of trouble I was asked recently to come on the [...]

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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: 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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    Video: Asthma in Survival, part 3: Natural Remedies

    13 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Asthma in Survival, part 3: Natural Remedies

    ASTHMA IN SURVIVAL, PART 3: NATURAL REMEDIES Last video, we talked about asthma, which is a [...]

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    Video: Asthma in Austere Settings, Part 1

    1 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Asthma in Austere Settings, Part 1

    VIDEO: ASTHMA, PART 1 In Part 1 of this video series on asthma, Joe Alton MD discusses the nature[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Bacterial Infections, Stones, Antibiotics, More

    16 Nov 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Bacterial Infections, Stones, Antibiotics, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST: KIDNEY STONES, GALL STONES, BACTERIAL INFECTIONS, ANTIBIOTICS, MORE[...]

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    Kidney Stones: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention

    15 Nov 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Kidney Stones: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention

    KIDNEY STONES: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention The ability to urinate without pain is a blessing [...]

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    Typhus Outbreak in L.A.

    17 Oct 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Typhus Outbreak in L.A.

    TYPHUS IN L.A. In our upcoming book “Alton’s Antibiotics and Infectious Disease: A Guide to the[...]

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    Video: How To Perform A Neuro Exam

    12 Oct 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: How To Perform A Neuro Exam

    The medic for a survival group needs to be able to stop a wound from bleeding and splint an ankle [...]

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    VIDEO: All About Tick Bites

    27 May 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    VIDEO: All About Tick Bites

    ALL ABOUT TICK BITES Backcountry hikes are a great way to commune with nature, but not by [...]

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    Strokes (CVAs) On and Off The Grid

    24 May 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Strokes (CVAs) On and Off The Grid

    STROKES ON AND OFF THE GRID Often, medics in remote areas are confronted with a major challenge. [...]

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    Malaria: Important Things To Know

    1 May 2018 | gpldev
    Malaria: Important Things To Know

    MALARIA The world is full of dangerous critters, and we're lucky not to run into the grand majority[...]

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    Video: Adding Natural Remedies to First Aid Kits

    9 Feb 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Adding Natural Remedies to First Aid Kits

    If you're putting together a solid first aid kit, you have to decide if that kit is going to have [...]

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    Hepatitis in Survival Settings

    25 Oct 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    There are various infectious diseases that may confront the caregiver in off-grid settings. These [...]

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    Video On Germs That Cause Disease

    17 Jul 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Video: Germs That Cause Illness In this video, Joe Alton, MD, aka Dr. Bones, goes back to the [...]

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    Gallstones: Diagnosis and Treatment

    10 Apr 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    gallstones The gall bladder is a hollow sac-like organ that is attached to the liver; it stores a [...]

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    Antioxidants and Survival, Part 2

    8 Mar 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Antioxidants and Survival, Part 2

    Last time, we talked about what antioxidants are and how they work to eliminate free radicals and [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Nosebleeds, Flu Vaccines, Natural Diabetes Remedies, More

    28 Nov 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Nosebleeds, Flu Vaccines, Natural Diabetes Remedies, More

    What do you know about FLUAD, the latest flu vaccine? How is it different from older versions? Also,[...]

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    Leprosy in the U.S.

    11 Aug 2015 | Joseph Alton MD

    Leprosy is considered a disease of the past, but the bacterial infection continue to cause cases [...]

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    Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

    10 Jun 2015 | Joseph Alton MD

    In 2012, I reported on the appearance of a strain of drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural parts of [...]

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    Kidney Stones

    8 Dec 2014 | Joseph Alton MD

    The human kidney has a tendency, in some people, to develop an accumulation of crystals. These [...]

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    13 Foods That Can Help Diabetics

    10 Sep 2014 | Joseph Alton MD
    13 Foods That Can Help Diabetics

    image by Pixabay One of the most-frequently asked questions I get regarding medical preparedness is [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Lyme Disease, Depression

    6 Sep 2014 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Lyme Disease, Depression

    In this episode of the Doom and Bloom(tm) Survival Medicine Hour, Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones [...]

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    Heart Disease in Survival

    5 Nov 2013 | Joseph Alton MD
    Heart Disease in Survival

    Myocardial Infarction Unlike most doctors, I don't spend a great deal of time discussing coronary [...]

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    Diabetes and Survival, Part 5: Natural Remedies

    22 Sep 2013 | Joseph Alton MD

      In the first 4 parts of our series on Diabetes Mellitis, we discussed type 1 diabetes and type 2[...]

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    How To Make Insulin

    18 Sep 2013 | Joseph Alton MD

    Injecting Insulin (Dr. Bones says:  Originally published in somewhat different form in 2011, this [...]

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    Diabetes and Survival, Part 4: Treatment

    8 Sep 2013 | Joseph Alton MD
    Diabetes and Survival, Part 4: Treatment

    In the first 3 parts of this series, we discussed the different types of diabetes and strategies [...]

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    Diabetes and Survival, Part 3: Type 2 Prevention

    2 Sep 2013 | Joseph Alton MD

    In part 1 of this series of articles, we gave an overview of diabetes mellitis , its types, and its[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Wildfires, Drought, Herbal Medicine

    31 Aug 2013 | Joseph Alton MD

      Wildfires, Drought, and Herbal Medicine In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour [...]

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    Diabetes and Survival, Part 2: Type 1 Prevention

    25 Aug 2013 | Joseph Alton MD
    Diabetes and Survival, Part 2: Type 1 Prevention

    In Part 1, we discussed the long-standing history of diabetes (also called “diabetes [...]

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    Diabetes and Survival: Part 1

    23 Aug 2013 | Joseph Alton MD
    Diabetes and Survival: Part 1

    PANCREAS AND INSULIN-PRODUCING CELLS One of the most common questions we receive during our [...]

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    Thyroid Disease in Tough Times

    28 Apr 2013 | Joseph Alton MD
    Thyroid Disease in Tough Times

    Email I recently received the following message from a nice lady who had her [...]

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    Collapsed Veins in a Collapse

    22 Feb 2013 | Joseph Alton MD

    Varicose veins are dilated blood vessels, usually in the legs, which have lost tone in the valves [...]

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    Seizures in Survival Scenarios

    28 Dec 2012 | Joseph Alton MD

    Seizures occur when the brain’s electrical system misfires. Instead of sending out signals in a [...]

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    Heart Attack

    30 Apr 2012 | Joseph Alton MD

    I haven't spent a great deal of time discussing chest pain due to coronary artery disease, even [...]

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    High Blood Pressure

    19 Mar 2012 | Joseph Alton MD
    High Blood Pressure

    One of the most common chronic medical conditions that we will see, in good times or bad, is high [...]

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    The Formula for Making Insulin

    18 Oct 2011 | Joseph Alton MD

    Making Insulin   One of the questions I am asked most often is how to deal with Type 1 [...]

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    Questions you should ask your doctor!

    5 Apr 2011 | Joseph Alton MD

    Survival Medicine and Medical Conditions I often get questions from people that say, I take this [...]

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