Jun 15, 2019
SADHGURU AND AMERICAN INDIAN WISDOM
I have been very lucky to have some very good friends in KL, of course not to mention my best friend in all of Asia, YMC, whom I met while…
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Medical Themes: <span>Indigenous Health</span>
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Jun 15, 2019
WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN 3 AM AND 4 AM . AN YOGIC AND AN ENDOCRINOLOGICAL EXPLANATION
American Indians consider the earth to be an extension of their bodies and try to coordinate their bodies with the movements of planets and also the rhythm of the seasons.…
Jun 15, 2019
A WONDERFUL RELAXING DAY IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA
Most visitors to Siem Reap are here to see the magnificent archeological ruins, Angkor Wat and hundreds of other hindu-buddhist temples dating back to 9th to 11th centuries. I am…
May 15, 2019
DIABETES AS A SOCIAL ILLNESS AND THE DUNBAR NUMBER
A good friend of mine from South Dakota was once visiting Miami and remarked: You are a homeless doctor, but you are always First Class. My brother Eliyahu always prided…
May 15, 2019
GLOBAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST . DOES THAT EXIST ?
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May 15, 2019
REMEMBERING ERIC HOBSWAM…. HOW TO BE LOYAL TO AN IDEA ..IN MY CASE TO CUBA
I became aware of Eric Hobsbawm, while preparing to give a series of lectures at the University of Havana. I had just his book: The Age of Extremes. I love…
May 15, 2019
A DINNER PARTY IN HAVANA… PRECIOUS RELATIONSHIPS FRIENDSHIPS SANS FRONTIERES
My week in Havana was so delightful, friends, talks, preparations for a talk, coffee and cakes, and always every one helping every body else.. This is my Cuba, the Cuba…
May 15, 2019
SLOW BOAT TO MANAUS
I wanted to spend a day exploring the small towns along the Amazon with my Tikuna Indian friends. We set off after breakfast from Leticia, Colombia I had been offered…
May 15, 2019
LETICIA, THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON
I think with delight how these various cities or towns enter my life, as the time progresses. Suva, Fiji Thursday Island Kingston, Jamaica Baracoa, Cuba La Habana, Cuba Muzquiz, Coahuila,…
Mar 15, 2019
A MESSAGE ARRIVED FROM MY UMONHON INDIAN BROTHER
and gratefully received I am in Rangoon/Yangon; Birmanie/Myanmar.. here is his message Good morning brother! Off to work this morning and the sunrise is a beautiful purple and pink color.…
Feb 15, 2019
MEDICAL ENCOUNTER IN EASTER ISLAND RAPA NUI
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Jan 15, 2019
MICROBIOME AND KIDNEY AND OTHER INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
I was requested to present an Introduction to Microbiome and its effect upon (or vice versa) on the Kidney diseases at a health fair being held at a tribal auditorium…