Homemade Insulin: Part I
I remember, of course, the day it happened. He was such a young tike, too. Not even a year old. He’d had a fever for the last couple of days, […]
Author Archives: Ed Grouch, MD
Quick Post: Deadlift
3 weeks on service does bad things to your fitness. Today, back to Crossfit. Set a new PR in deadlift, 365 pounds. (for reference, my bodyweight is 197). I am, […]
Quick Post: CERT comment worthy of reflection
I am of the opinion that most folks reading this need to be part of the local CERT team. It gets you relatively inexpensive training, networking, opportunity for additional training […]
Anatomy and Physiology x.10: The thyroid and how to replace it
I’m not sure how far ahead we have jumped in our Anatomy & Physiology lectures by going from blood pressure to thyroid medications. But here we are. Since we refer […]
Herbal medicine, vaginal secretions, and the Scientific Method.
In comments to this post on WRSA (and a BIG hat tip to CA for linking to us) a couple of commenters indicated that cayenne pepper, or black pepper, could […]
Quick Post: Thyroid medications
From a reader’s comments: “I take Synthroid. I had thyroid cancer when I was 18. I have a backup stash of medicine, and I rotate into it every time I […]
Quick Post: Long term Storage of Meds–SLEP data
Sorry for the lack of recent posting, I am on service in the ICU and quite busy. Grabbed something too good to pass up, however. I here present the actual […]
Quick Post: Quick Clot
Question: I have both the old and the new sport quick-clot paks. I have read the old system causes burns and the newer type is safer. I also have the combat […]
CERT training
CERT is Community Emergency Response Teams, and is what the name implies. They operate under the umbrella of the local government, with ties to state governments and FEMA. See the […]
Quick Post: Storing medications
Question: what medications should we store, right now, for a grid-down scenario? Answer: at a minimum, you will need to store the medications you use right now; the list of […]
Hogwarts School of Grid-Down Medicine and Wizardry 