Aug 15, 2020
I WILL NOT MISS YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE, SAID LA PETITE POETE DE COTE SAUVAGE
The book was given as a gift. I was about to go to Malaysia for a visit. I was a freshly minted graduate doctor in the halls of a hospital…
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Medical Themes: <span>Medical Anthropology</span>
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Aug 15, 2020
IN MANY WAYS CUBAN MEDICINE UNSELFISHLY REACHES OUT TO THE WORLD … IT HELPS ME HELP OTHERS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES INCLUDING OUR ARCHENEMY
I am a Doctor without Borders, in the sense that I help with the little talent I have as a Pubic Health physician based on Endocrinology and Anthropology, in many…
Aug 15, 2020
AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LOOK AT THE DEATHS OF US HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS
Honoring U.S. Healthcare Workers Who Died From Coronavirus It is always sad to hear about your colleagues dying at work. But there has not been an episode such as this…
Aug 15, 2020
HOW PROTECTIVE ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MASKS.. NOW THEY SEEM TO HAVE BECOME PART OF OUR APPENDAGE
COVID-19: Most Efficacious Face Masks / NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH Most efficacious face masks: N95, surgical, polypropylene, and handmade…
Aug 15, 2020
CRY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LEBANON
whose heart is not touched by what happened at the Lebanese capital city's port? 150 has died , thousands injured and hundreds and thousands made homeless. Initially the politicians blamed…
Jul 15, 2020
A STRICTLY BIOMEDICAL BLOG… WITH NO ANTHROPOLOGICAL COMMENTS…
Are All Type 2 Diabetes Medications Created Equal? Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, MHM, FACP reviewing Tsapas A et al. Ann Intern Med 2020 Jun 30 For high-risk patients, some…
Jul 15, 2020
KNOW YOUR GENES, KNOW YOUR CULTURE AND THAT IS YOUR NUTRITION .. NO ONE SINGLE NUTRITIONAL ADVICE FITS EVERY ONE
When I finished my training as an Endocrinologist, my knowledge about Nutrition was biblically minute, it could have been written down on a grain of rice! Very little training about…
Jul 15, 2020
GOOD USEFUL MEDICAL RESEARCH COMING OUT OF CHINA, ZIE ZIE. THANK YOU
This morning I read just two articles both with great feasibility of immediate clinical implementation. I have noticed the deterioration in the quality of research coming out of USA because…
Jul 15, 2020
POETRY ARRIVES IN THE MORNING, ONE DOES NOT ASK FOR ITS SOURCE
In the past couple of mornings, soon after I wake up in Miami, Poetry has arrived, carried by the winds from the East. To thank the winds, I searched out…
Jul 15, 2020
JEWS OF KURDISTAN … LIFE THEN AND NOW .. IN ISRAEL
I have always been interested in isolated jewish communities or "exotic" jewish communities, the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan and Cochin Jews of Kerala are the best known among them. But…
Jul 15, 2020
LITTLE DOCTORS AND NURSES OF CUBA , TEACHING THEIR FELLOW PUBLIC ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES
Kindergarten students demonstrating the proper way to cough to their classmates in Bayamo, Cuba. They are dressed as Health Care Professionals. Cuba has one of the best PUBLIC HEALTH systems…
Jul 15, 2020
A WORD OF ADVICE TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS,,,,,, REGARDING PATIENT CARE IN THE COMING DECADES …LEARN TO BE GOOD GARDENERS AND NOT SHOPKEEPERS
In his powerful book, the influential Israeli historian, Yuval Noah Harari argues that within a decade or two, the role of the primary care provider would become redundant as more…