By Ken | From ModernSurvivalBlog.com | On December 8th, 2012 Check nutrition labels and you will find that most canned fruits and vegetables contain very little in the way of vitamins. Having said that, there are some that are enriched with additional…
From Weather.com There are a number of things you can do to help avoid mosquito bites and control the number of mosquitoes in and around your home. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers these tips: When possible, wear long-sleeves,…
Washing hands well with good old fashioned soap and water is the best preventative there is against infection. But hand washing is not always convenient. Enter hand sanitizers. They are available in stores everywhere and just about everybody has some of the…
By Julia Whitty | From http://motherjones.com | On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 It’s long been suspected that administering large amounts of antibiotics to livestock promotes antibiotic resistance. Now a new paper in mBio describes how a particularly nasty strain of MRSA—the CC398 strain found primarily in pigs but also…
One segment of the population that is extremely vulnerable in a disaster is those who have insulin dependent diabetes. One thing that was gravely concerning in William Forschen’s book “One Second After” was the prominence diabetes was given in the plot with…
People who practice emergency preparedness often think about the physical part of survival after a disaster. But, I suspect that many don’t give enough thought to learning ways to deal with the emotional fallout from a catastrophe. Of course, I’m not a…
Among the hazards we try to prepare for is epidemic/pandemic disease. I would like to offer a little information from my perspective as a healthcare professional. First, you must understand a little about how disease spreads. Many diseases are spread chiefly by…
On January 13, 2012, The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, Indiana reported one confirmed case of drug resistant Tuberculosis in Allen County. A student of Anthis Career Center had been diagnosed as having active TB in December, 2011. As a result, 150…
In this video, ThePatriotNurse discusses 5 useful antibiotics for humans in a post-societal collapse scenario. This is a very informative video chock-full of must-know information including how to acquire and store antibiotics.
To better prepare your children for future economic challenges, watch this video. Learn how to communicate what is on the horizon so they know what to expect. Preparedness is not just about stocking the pantry or the ammo can, it is also…
