Oct 15, 2013
MIND BODY SPIRIT AND HEALTH
Like most western educated Medical Doctors, I was not that interested in the Mind Body Connection in Health while I was a Medical Student, Resident in Internal Medicine and a…
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Medical Themes: <span>Jewish Diaspora</span>
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Sep 15, 2013
MAY YOU BE INSCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF LIFE IN MIAMI, COCHIN, KINGSTON, MONTEVIDEO, RANGOON, MELBOURNE, LA HABANA..LA SHANAH TOVAH 5774
Today is the First Day of September 2013 and in a few days time we would welcome the Jewish New Year. I hope to be in Brussels on Rosh Hashanah…
Sep 15, 2013
Medicoanthropologist Blog has crossed 100,000 page views!!
As if to celebrate the Jewish New Year 5774, I noticed that the counter of page views on this blog has passed 100,000! When you think there are millions and…
Sep 15, 2013
SELF AND SOCIETY : A MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST AMONG THE INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE SELF AND SOCIETY There have been Prophets and False Prophets. None of our ancestors caught on to the false prophets but some…
Aug 15, 2013
INVEST IN FRIENDSHIPS, BE HAPPY AND BE HEALTHY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE INVEST IN FRIENDSHIPS, IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Looking at the habits of healthy and happy people, all over the world,…
Jul 15, 2013
CULTURAL COMPETENCY ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH: THE CASE OF MONTREAL YUL AIRPORT
CULTURAL COMPETENCY IS NOT ENOUGH THE CASE OF MONTREAL AIRPORT Each of the person I met today –in the context of the interactions of capitalist culture of travel- was culturally…
Jun 15, 2013
LIFESTYLE CAUSING INFLAMMATION OF THE BODY: OBESITY, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
INFLAMMATION AS THE COMMON PATHWAY TO CHRONIC DISEASES IN 2002, I was wandering around the streets of Johor Bahru, Malaysia when I came across books being sold at a Hindu…
Jun 15, 2013
INDIA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA: THE PALLAVA ORIGINS OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN LANGUAGE SCRIPTS
WHO BROUGHT THE SCRIPT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA: HINDUS OR BUDDHISTS IN OTHER WORDS, WHO IS THE REAL BUMIPUTRA? I was merrily walking along the street in front of the…
May 15, 2013
THE LIST OF THE READER OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA IN THE UNITED STATES
Steve Avery tries to read about 900 pages per month,and as you can see, his literary taste does not fall into any particular genre He notices the substance of the…
May 15, 2013
LEE KUAN YEW AND HIS QUESTION FOR BERNARD LEWIS : HAS MUCH CHANGED SINCE 1970
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LEE KUAN YEW AND HIS QUESTION FOR BERNARD LEWIS I quote verbatim, from Notes on Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historians…
Mar 15, 2013
DR JESUS ALVAREZ THE ASTURIAN, THE GENIAL GIANT OF BARACOA, CUBA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE DR JESUS ALVAREZ OF BARACOA A PASSOVER REMEMBRANCE 15 NISSAN 5773 I knew Jesus Alvarez well. A genial giant of a man…
Mar 15, 2013
SEARCHING FOR SEDER IN BRUSSELS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Searching for Seder in Brussels I used to be very active in Jewish Student affairs when I was at school as well…