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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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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Medical Corruption, Frostbite, Clove Oil, More

    4 Feb 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Medical Corruption, Frostbite, Clove Oil, More

    In this topic-filled podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy Alton discuss corruption[...]

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    All About Molnupiravir

    2 Oct 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    All About Molnupiravir

    Although science has made great progress against bacterial disease, our advances against [...]

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    Proper Storage Of Survival Meds

    1 Sep 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Proper Storage Of Survival Meds

    Being prepared for disasters means storing food, but it also means putting together a stockpile[...]

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    Video: Pneumonia

    24 May 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Pneumonia

    In this video, Dr. Joe Alton discusses pneumonia, a lower respiratory infection that can be [...]

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    Video Podcast: Expiration Dates, Drug Storage

    2 Mar 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video Podcast: Expiration Dates, Drug Storage

    Since 1979, drug companies have been mandated to place expiration dates on their products, but [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Expiration Dates, Drug Storage

    25 Feb 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Expiration Dates, Drug Storage

    In a disaster, especially a long-term one, the family medic has to be able to handle a lot of [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Cellulitis, Abscesses, More

    9 Feb 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Cellulitis, Abscesses, More

    All injuries carry a risk of infection. Various kinds of microbes can invade the body and cause[...]

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    Video Podcast #2

    27 Jan 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video Podcast #2

    In this second experimental video podcast, medical preparedness advocate Joe Alton MD, aka "Dr.[...]

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    Video: Ivermectin for COVID-19?

    29 Dec 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Ivermectin for COVID-19?

    In this companion video to a recent article, medical preparedness advocate Dr. Joe Alton [...]

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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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    Video: Remdesivir in COVID-19

    20 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Remdesivir in COVID-19

    The race to find an effective treatment against COVID-19 is in full swing, and the latest drug [...]

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    Coronavirus: A Cure?

    2 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Promising Case Study in Thailand For many, the specter of infectious disease has always seemed [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Norovirus, Xofluza

    20 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Norovirus, Xofluza

    Survival Medicine Podcast Reports from Yosemite National Park in California reveal that at [...]

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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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    COPD in Austere Settings

    2 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    COPD in Austere Settings

    Respiratory Tract You know, we often talk about trauma and infection, but less so about chronic [...]

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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 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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    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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Insomnia, Turmeric, "Tactical" Tampons

    21 Sep 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Insomnia, Turmeric, &quote;Tactical&quote; Tampons

    Just back from a trip to the United Kingdom, Amy Alton ARNP and Joe Alton MD discuss some topics [...]

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    Antibiotics and Probiotics

    14 Aug 2019 | Joseph Alton MD

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

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    #357 Survival Medicine Hour: Equipping the Medic, Heat Waves, Heat Stroke, More

    21 Jul 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    #357 Survival Medicine Hour: Equipping the Medic, Heat Waves, Heat Stroke, More

    heat stroke In normal times, we have the luxury of a modern and well-equipped medical system. [...]

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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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    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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    #352 Survival Medicine Hour: Lancing Boils, GI home remedies, Camping Safety

    15 Jun 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    #352 Survival Medicine Hour: Lancing Boils, GI home remedies, Camping Safety

    #352 SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST The school year has ended, and families are planning this [...]

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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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    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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    Kissing Bugs and Chagas Disease

    3 May 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Kissing Bugs and Chagas Disease

    THE KISSING BUG AND CHAGAS DISEASE Recently, my good friend Jack Spirko of the Survival Podcast [...]

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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: 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: 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: 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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    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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    Deadly Viruses, Part 3: Influenza

    9 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Deadly Viruses, Part 3: Influenza

    DEADLY VIRUSES, PART 3: INFLUENZA Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or bad, [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Trail Injuries, Burns, More

    26 Oct 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Trail Injuries, Burns, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Hiking Injuries Anyone who has done any hiking like we have or has [...]

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    Human Waste Disposal Off The Grid

    27 Sep 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Human Waste Disposal Off The Grid

    HUMAN WASTE DISPOSAL OFF THE GRID We’ve been writing about infectious disease and the use of [...]

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    Antibiotic Resistance

    16 Sep 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Antibiotic Resistance

    ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE (The following is an excerpt from our upcoming book on antibiotic and [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Infectious Disease, Sick Room Basics, Nat'l Prep Month

    7 Sep 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Infectious Disease, Sick Room Basics, Nat'l Prep Month

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Tuberculosis Sanitarium In good times, we have the luxury of modern[...]

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    Fluconazole in Survival Settings

    5 Sep 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Fluconazole in Survival Settings

    FLUCONAZOLE: A USEFUL ANTI-FUNGAL FOR FISH? I’ve written quite a bit about antibiotics in the [...]

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    Video: Tetanus Infections

    14 Aug 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Tetanus Infections

    VIDEO: TETANUS INFECTIONS Most of us have dutifully gone to get a Tetanus shot when we stepped on a[...]

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    About Antibiotics in Survival Settings

    6 Aug 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    About Antibiotics in Survival Settings

    ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS IN SURVIVAL SETTINGS About antibiotics in survival or other austere settings [...]

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    Infectious Diseases in Recreational Waters

    1 Aug 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Infectious Diseases in Recreational Waters

    INFECTIOUS RECREATIONAL WATER ILLNESS In summer weather, it’s tempting to cool off at the lake, [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Heat Waves, Bears, Turmeric, More

    6 Jul 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Heat Waves, Bears, Turmeric, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Many consider a heat wave to be just a time to put an extra ice cube[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Headache Types and Treatments, Fractures, More

    29 Jun 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Headache Types and Treatments, Fractures, More

    Last week on the Survival Medicine Hour podcast, Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP talked about some[...]

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    Health Benefits of Turmeric

    24 Jun 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Health Benefits of Turmeric

    TURMERIC Conventionally trained physicians like myself receive little education and training in the[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Backcountry Safety, Doxycycline, Lyme Disease

    8 Jun 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Backcountry Safety, Doxycycline, Lyme Disease

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST School's out and a great way to teach your family survival basics is[...]

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    Sulfonamides (Sulfa Drugs) in Survival

    6 Jun 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Sulfonamides (Sulfa Drugs) in Survival

    SULFONAMIDES IN SURVIVAL SETTINGS  The availability of antibiotics to the family medic in survival[...]

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    What Are Pathogens?

    2 Jun 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    What Are Pathogens?

    PATHOGENS (DISEASE-CAUSING ORGANISMS) An infection is defined as the invasion of the body by [...]

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    Video: Lyme Disease

    31 May 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Lyme Disease

    VIDEO: LYME DISEASE Summer is upon us, and with school out, families will be out and about in our [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Stroke, Ebola 2018, Med Storage, More

    25 May 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Stroke, Ebola 2018, Med Storage, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST In 2014, Joe Alton MD began reporting on an outbreak of a [...]

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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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    Survival Medicine Hour: Causes of Abdominal Pain Off The Grid

    4 May 2018 | gpldev
    Survival Medicine Hour: Causes of Abdominal Pain Off The Grid

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST After a disaster or at a remote homestead, we all know that the [...]

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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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    Appendicitis Off The Grid

    17 Apr 2018 | gpldev
    Appendicitis Off The Grid

    Appendicitis Off The Grid After a disaster or at a remote homestead, the medic may not have ready [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Nosebleeds, Pregnancy Complications, Flu Recurrence, More

    10 Feb 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Nosebleeds, Pregnancy Complications, Flu Recurrence, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST You might not think it's possible, but there are enough different [...]

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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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    Nosebleeds

    7 Feb 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Nosebleeds

    HOW TO STOP A NOSEBLEED A common, often minor, problem that causes significant anxiety for both the[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: The Flu Hits The Hosts, Antibiotic Use, More

    3 Feb 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: The Flu Hits The Hosts, Antibiotic Use, More

    Antibiotics not helpful against the flu Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, come [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Sleep Deprivation, Flagyl in Survival, Eye Injuries, Face Masks, More

    20 Jan 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Sleep Deprivation, Flagyl in Survival, Eye Injuries, Face Masks, More

    Survival Medicine Hour #372 sleep deprivation Sleep deprivation is part and parcel of any [...]

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    Diseases Caused By Food And Water Contamination

    16 Jan 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Diseases Caused By Food And Water Contamination

    Even healthy-looking fruit can contain contaminants The primary necessity for survival is the [...]

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    Essential Oils As Medical Tools

    11 Dec 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Essential Oils As Medical Tools

    ESSENTIAL OILS Recently, I wrote an article about the use of herbal teas for their medicinal [...]

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    FDA Tries Again To Ban Natural Pain Herb

    15 Nov 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    FDA Tries Again To Ban Kratom Last year, I wrote about the Food and Drug Administration’s [...]

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    Video: Disaster Supply List

    30 Oct 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Disaster Supply List

    Video: Disaster Supply List disaster supplies In this video with Nurse Amy, she goes over some of [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Plague, Hepatitis, Pain Issues

    27 Oct 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Plague, Hepatitis, Pain Issues

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR #361 An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 124 people and infected [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Mudslides, OTC Drugs, More

    23 Oct 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Mudslides, OTC Drugs, More

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST #360 Your medic kit should contain various OTC meds Your [...]

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    7 Serious Infections from Contaminated Food and Water

    18 Sep 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    7 Serious Infections from Contaminated Food and Water Recently, I watched a few episodes of "Naked [...]

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    Skin Problems and Their Treatments

    23 Aug 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    SKIN PROBLEMS AND TREATMENTS Treating medical problems in a remote homestead or after a disaster [...]

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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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    Benadryl as a Local Anesthetic in Survival?

    19 Jun 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Benadryl as a Local Anesthetic in Survival?

    Benadryl as a Local Anesthetic in Survival? A major obstacle in the ability of the survival medic [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Expired EpiPens, Hepatitis C, Rodent Control 2

    14 May 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Expired EpiPens, Hepatitis C, Rodent Control 2

    This week's Survival Medicine Hour with Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP, aka Dr. Bones and [...]

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    Study: Expired EpiPens Still Effective

    11 May 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Study: Expired EpiPens Still Effective An expiration date is defined as the last day that a medicine[...]

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    An "UpTick" in Lyme Disease

    3 May 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Deer Tick Bites and Lyme Disease Whether you’re a hiker, camper, or survivalist, you’ll be [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Black Scout, Pt. 2, Azithromycin, Sick Room Set-Ups

    23 Apr 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Black Scout, Pt. 2, Azithromycin, Sick Room Set-Ups

    Setting up a sick room In this episode of The Survival Medicine Hour with Joe Alton, MD and Amy [...]

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    Video: Sulfa Drugs in Survival

    21 Apr 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Add medicines to your medical kit Without antibiotics in your medical kit, there will be deaths in [...]

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    The Preparedness Dental Kit

    29 Mar 2017 | Joseph Alton MD
    The Preparedness Dental Kit

    (This article first appeared in Gaye Levy's Back Door Survival website) Many of our readers are [...]

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    Dysentery in Survival Settings

    8 Mar 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

      In survival scenarios, many believe that trauma from gunfights at the OK corral will cause the [...]

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    Guest Article: Homeopathy and Preparedness

    2 Feb 2017 | Joseph Alton MD

    Nurse Amy and I are conventionally trained medical professionals that incorporate an integrative [...]

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    Surviving A Hangover

    29 Dec 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Surviving A Hangover

    In normal times or times of trouble, New Year's Eve is a time where many break out the Smoky [...]

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    The "Stomach Flu" Virus

    16 Dec 2016 | Joseph Alton MD

    We often write about disaster situations that we personally experience. We’ve been through [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Pneumonia, Natural Remedies

    11 Dec 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Pneumonia, Natural Remedies

    survival medicine This episode of the Survival Medicine Hour with Joe and Amy Alton contains the [...]

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    Video: Storing Medications

    24 Nov 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Storing Medications

    In good times or bad times, having a strategy for the proper storage of medicines will help preserve[...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Storing Meds, Respiratory Infection, Pt. 1

    11 Nov 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Storing Meds, Respiratory Infection, Pt. 1

    How to store meds The Survival Medicine Hour (November 11, 2016) exposes the issues we all face [...]

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    Storing Medications

    9 Nov 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Storing Medications

    Being prepared for disasters means storing food, but it also means putting together a stockpile of [...]

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    Video: Fish Antibiotic Update

    7 Nov 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Fish Antibiotic Update

    Mount LeConte at sunrise, Great Smokies In this video, Joe Alton, MD addresses the concerns of [...]

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    The Future of Fish Antibiotics in Survival?

    29 Oct 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    The Future of Fish Antibiotics in Survival?

    Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) As the first physician to write, years ago, about aquarium [...]

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    Super Lice Now in 48 States

    6 Aug 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Super Lice Now in 48 States

    head lice (pediculus humanus capitis) It’s August, time to get the kids ready to go back to [...]

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    Prepping With Prescription Dependencies, Guest Post by Cory Thomas

    28 Jul 2016 | Joseph Alton MD
    Prepping With Prescription Dependencies, Guest Post by Cory Thomas

    (Joe Alton, MD aka Dr. Bones says: We support the efforts of aspiring writers in survival [...]

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    Being Nitpicky About Lice

    28 Dec 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Being Nitpicky About Lice

    In good times or bad, your family's hygiene is a big factor with regards to their health. As [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Vitals, Dakin's Solution, Fungal Meds, More

    12 Dec 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Vitals, Dakin's Solution, Fungal Meds, More

    Is ISIS causing an outbreak of the parasite Leishmaniasis by dumping bodies on the street? Plus, [...]

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    Video: Metronidazole as a Survival Antibiotic

    7 Nov 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Metronidazole as a Survival Antibiotic

    Antibiotics will be a key but scarce commodity that could be a major weapon in the survival medic's [...]

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    Metronidazole as a Survival Antibiotic

    22 Oct 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Metronidazole as a Survival Antibiotic

    Antibiotics are an important part of any medical arsenal in tough times. Many infections easily [...]

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    Video: Clindamycin as Survival Med

    21 Aug 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Clindamycin as Survival Med

    Sure, you should have antibiotics to be successful as a medic in times of trouble, but which [...]

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    Survival Antibiotics: Clindamycin

    3 Aug 2015 | Joseph Alton MD

    In remote settings where modern medical help is not an option, there will be a number of deaths that[...]

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    Video: Fish Antibiotics in Survival: Yea or Nay?

    27 Jul 2015 | Joseph Alton MD

    Doom and Bloom's 700th post is Joe Alton's video in defense of fish antibiotics in survival [...]

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    The Plague In Modern Times

    26 Jun 2015 | Joseph Alton MD

    There are a number of pandemic-potential diseases that are under relatively good control now, at [...]

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    Video: Doxycycline

    9 May 2015 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Doxycycline

    In this video, part of a series on antibiotics and their application in survival settings, Joe [...]

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