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Health and Safety
Patrol Skills: Using Tactical Hand Signals to Communicate in Silence
Good security requires efficient forms of communication and when audible communication like speech and radio comms cannot be used, hand signals are a good alternative.
Peasant Communities Survived On This Simple and Nutritious Food For Centuries
Peasant food, while simple and frugal, has been around for centuries – in every culture around the world. Using fresh roots, herbs, and foods available to them, households would whip up a soup the family could feast on for days. But why is this simple meal so nutritious?
Pellagra: Curse Of The Unprepared
Vitamin deficiencies could become more prevalent during a long term emergency. The unprepared, especially will come face to face with medical ailments stemming from vitamin deficiencies. Learn more about the symptoms and how to avoid it.
Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy Linked to Autism, Study Suggests
A new study suggests that pregnant women who live within a mile of spaces where certain commercial pesticides are applied appear to have an increased risk of having a child with autism.
Pet First Aid Kit
During times of disaster, our pets need a little extra TLC to help them cope with the stressful situation at hand. Having some first aid supplies set aside for your pets may help ensure they are as safe as the other members of the family.
Physical Fitness and Survival: Why Your Body Needs Recovery Time
Your body is a machine that you have to maintain. Rest and recovery are just as important as the work you’ll be performing.
Politics Poison Public Health: What You Need to Know About Arsenic
When most of us hear the word “arsenic”, we immediately think “poison” – and for good reason. How much of this deadly toxin are you consuming?
Pondering Poison Ivy Remedies and Itch Relief
Spend any amount of time in the outdoors or in your yard, it’s very likely you’ll come in contact with this evil plant. It has successfully reduced men, women, and children to miserable, scratching beasts.
Poor Diet Causes More Disease Than All Vices Combined
Yes, one would correctly surmise that our poor health has been caused by a combination of factors. However, as surprising as it may sound, one of those factors stands out from rest.
Post-Collapse Food Will Probably Make You Sick. Here’s What You Need to Know.
3,000 die each year from foodborne-related diseases. Get the low down on how to prevent these nasty critters from making a home in your gut, as well as, various pharmaceutical and naturopathic measures for dealing with the foodborne illnesses.
