Dec 15, 2017
I HAVE NEVER FELT SO HAPPY ARRIVING IN COCHIN FROM BRUSSELS 22.12.2017
The Abu Dhabi airport was covered in a dense fog that delayed the flight to Cochin by 4 hours but I took advantage of this delay with a prolonged sleep…
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Medical Themes: <span>Medical Anthropology</span>
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Dec 15, 2017
IN PRAISE OF SUGAR AND WHY NOT SALT
In Praise of SUGAR No one would be caught writing, In Praise of SALT, then why is an Endocrinologist who is socially committed to prevent Type 2 Diabetes and improve…
Dec 15, 2017
HAPPY HANUKKAH FROM A MUSLIM COUNTRY, MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR NIGHT 1
The Muslim and Arab countries of this world turned 900 000 Jews who had lived there long before Islam became the adopted religion of those countries, into refugees. Many of…
Dec 15, 2017
SPIRITUALITY AND DIABETES: I AM VERY PROUD OF OUR OMAHA INDIAN PATIENTS WHO ARE USING INSULIN PUMP FOR THEIR TYPE 2
SPIRITUALITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS As part of a continuing education for our patients who suffer from Type 2 Diabetes, we offer an hour plus long discussion…
Dec 15, 2017
FANTASTIC RESEARCH FROM PROF SEGAL AND PROF ELINAV, WEIZMANN INSTITUTE ON MICROBIOME
My work is limited to the American Indians, original inhabitants of this land they call Turtle Island and later named America, after a rich Florentine explorer who was the first…
Dec 15, 2017
COFFEE HAS NUMEROUS BENEFITS SAYS BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, BUT WE ALREADY KNEW THAT IN CUBA
Coffee's Numerous Health Benefits Detailed in New Analysis By Amy Orciari Herman Coffee consumption - in particular, several cups daily - is associated with a wide range of health benefits,…
Nov 15, 2017
A JEW ALONG THE AMAZON: FRIEND OF THE TICUNA AND LOOKING FOR JEWISH HISTORY
Within the course of one month: I was in Iquitos in Peru, Manaus in Brasil and Leticia in Colombia. Every where I went I met and made friends with the…
Nov 15, 2017
A DOCTOR WITHOUT BORDERS WITH A GROUP OF INDIGENAS SIN/SEM FRONTERAS/FRONTEIRAS
What is the nationality of this man, who is saying his Shabbat Brachas in a Moslem country with a glass of wine (sorry it was a white wine from South…
Nov 15, 2017
THE TWO MUST DO THINGS IN LETICIA, COLOMBIAN AMAZONIA
Leticia in the Colombian bit of the Amazon River was left out of the riches of the Rubber Boom that made Iquitos in Peru and Manaus and Belem in Brasil…
Nov 15, 2017
TRAVEL IS AN ENDLESS PLEASURE
Arriving in a city after midnight brings with it exhilaration as well as trepidation, especially if it is Manaus in the Brasilian Amazonia. Brasil does not have a reputation for…
Nov 15, 2017
GOOD DEEDS HAVE A LONG MEMORY: THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN FOR A REASON
It is a Sunday afternoon, I arrived at Miami airport as usual a little earlier to enjoy the ambience of being in the liminal world of travel and enjoy the…
Oct 15, 2017
MEDITATING ON THE MEANING OF DESIRE
A young medical student from Cuba asked me: I explain, I understand that the more we want something, the more likely it is to happen, so tell me, I must…