Stories By Lizzie Bennett
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Editor's Choice
Concussion: Americas Hidden Epidemic
September 3, 2014More than 260,000 veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq have been diagnosed so far. There will be...
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Why You Should Consider A Day or Two Off Work When You Have A Cold
September 3, 2014Three days later with the rest of the class off sick I would be bouncing around...
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Armageddon Scenarios
Children, Ebola and School Infection Control Policies
September 2, 2014Ebola is a horrible death, but death is death and by taking universal precautions to prevent...
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Normalcy Bias: A Growing Immunity To Things That Should Shock Us
August 29, 2014When did it become normal for parents to have gold chains around their necks when they...
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Hantavirus: Clearing Up After a Rodent Infestation
August 28, 2014The vast majority of people who contract Hantavirus do so in their own homes and gardens....
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Economy and Finance
Detroit Water Shutoffs Will Ultimately Cause Disease Outbreaks
August 27, 2014I have no idea what the answer is, but an answer does need to be found...
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Armageddon Scenarios
The Element of Surprise Can Give You The Edge In An Emergency Situation
August 27, 2014It’s a physiological response…those seeking to do you harm may be better at shooting another human...
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Armageddon Scenarios
How Will You Know What Has Happened When ‘IT’ Happens?
August 26, 2014The question is if it is something that is country wide, or even bigger and maybe...
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Residents Warned of Bubonic Plague Risk
August 25, 2014It remains to be seen if having plague infected fleas in such close proximity to a...
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Armageddon Scenarios
Graphic Illustrates How an Asteroid Would Look Hitting Downtown LA
August 22, 2014We have all heard of city killer asteroids, we have all seen the disaster movies of...
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Camps and Detainment
600 People Quarantined In Germany After West African Worker Collapses in a Job Center
August 21, 2014I suggest that Jeff Breedon and his colleagues get off their ever-spreading backsides and 'put it...
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American Journalist Beheaded on Video By The Islamic State
August 20, 2014Before the racist comments start I am not anti-Muslim, I am anti cold blooded, cowardly murder....
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Armageddon Scenarios
The Madness Begins: 27 Confirmed Ebola Patients At Large In The Community After Quarantine Centre Attacked
August 19, 2014With open sewers disease is rife in the area. Typhoid, cholera and malaria are just some...
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World Health Organization Finally Admits It Has Underestimated The Ebola Crisis
August 15, 2014Why is the World Health Organization not putting full international travel bans in place? Ebola will...
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Ebola: The Lessons We Can Learn From The SARS Outbreak
August 14, 2014The World Health organization believes that most of the 8,422 cases of SARS, and the 916...
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Treating Burns Post-SHTF
August 14, 2014No matter how hard you try to prevent it, it's going to happen. At some point...
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The Benefits of Rosehip Syrup
August 13, 2014The price of a small bottle of rosehip syrup has rocketed, almost a 1000% increase now...
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Headlines & Head Lies
It’s Time To Become A ‘Jack Of All Trades’
August 13, 2014What we need to be doing is looking at history, looking at the way the old...
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Armageddon Scenarios
How Does An Ebola Pandemic Differ To Other Potential Pandemics?
August 12, 2014Both Ebola and Influenza have the potential to kill millions of people across the globe and...
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How moisturizer can save your life and 12 more essential snippets
August 11, 2014It can get you killed, or it can save your life depending on how you use...
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Armageddon Scenarios
This winters ‘Flu Season’ is going to be the most dangerous one of your life
August 8, 2014With Ebola showing the same symptoms as both common flu and noroviruses, both of which are...
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Armageddon Scenarios
How Body Odour Can Save Your Life In A SHTF Situation
August 5, 2014Leaving your home smelling of perfume and soap will make you stand out in the very...
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Armageddon Scenarios
Bringing in the military will not solve the Ebola problem in West Africa
August 3, 2014The situation will turn ugly very fast, and once the bullets start flying, and the blood...
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Armageddon Scenarios
Social Distancing as a Means to Avoid Contagion
August 3, 2014There can be no rule of thumb for how long you need to stay isolated for,...
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Breaking: Ebola Patient Arrives At Atlanta Hospital and leaves the Bio-containment Unit To WALK into the Hospital. Fantastic Infection Control Guys
August 2, 2014The plane carrying him from a hospital in Liberia landed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base 15...
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Make Your Own Calcium Supplement
August 2, 2014We all worry about maintaining our health at the best of times, doing so after a...
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Armageddon Scenarios
Ebola Infected U.S. Aid Workers Due To Arrive At Emory University Hospital Atlanta
August 1, 2014One mistake with this, and people are going to start dying across the United States. From...
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Armageddon Scenarios
Minnesotan Patrick Sawyer Was One Flight Away From Becoming Patient Zero In A U.S. Ebola Outbreak. (updated 12.42 GMT)
July 31, 2014"That is why there is such alarm over Mr Sawyer because he became ill on the...
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How Normalcy Bias Affects Our Future
July 30, 2014How has this happened? How have we allowed our kids to slip into this lifestyle? How...
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Armageddon Scenarios
The right time to go rural is now
July 29, 2014Any missiles that did get through would immediately damage our packed in infrastructure, electricity, water supply...