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When you read about the Plague, it’s usually in history books. You probably know that this deadly [...]
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Study: Expired EpiPens Still Effective An expiration date is defined as the last day that a medicine[...]
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The Survival Medicine Hour this week, with your hosts, Joe Alton MD, aka Dr. Bones, and Amy Alton, [...]
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Zika virus has been in the news since the beginning of the year, and there’s a lot of information [...]
In this episode of the Survival Medicine Hour, Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton, ARNP discuss some [...]
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head lice (pediculus humanus capitis) It’s August, time to get the kids ready to go back to [...]
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The U.S. now has three newborns with Zika-related birth defects, according to the Centers for [...]
The first birth in the continental U.S. with Zika-related birth abnormalities occurred in a [...]
image by pixabay.com A letter signed by 150 doctors and scientists has called for the 2016 Summer [...]
Joe and Amy Alton announce their latest book, "The Zika Virus Handbook"! It's the first book on [...]
Warm weather is on the way, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that we can [...]
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Image by Pixabay.com Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton, ARNP are the medical experts for Jack Spirko's [...]
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One of the scenarios we write about is the “Pandemic”. Although we have had success curing many [...]
Sometimes it's the little things that make the difference between a good life and a bad one in a [...]
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Will this year's El Nino weather phenomenon save California from the worst drought in years? Is [...]
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