Jan 15, 2014
SYMBOLIC HEALING AMONG RAPA NUI
SYMBOLIC HEALING WHAT CAN WE LEARN IN RAPA NUI One of the pleasures of being trained as a Medical Anthropologist is to absorb with the vision you have been taught…
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Jan 15, 2014
DOCTORING IN RAPA NUI
I was mulling over an email while walking towards the Church, at the end of the street. My friend in Miami was talking about Shlomo Carlebach whose name had been…
Dec 15, 2013
MIAMI THE MOST CULTURALLY DIVERSE CITY
Miami holds the distinction, unique in this planet, of having the largest number of inhabitants born outside the USA! So unless one is fairly young, you can assume that the…
Dec 15, 2013
GRATITUDE LIST: HOW IT MAY HELP YOU!
GRATITUDE LIST ENHANCE ENJOYMENT OF BEING ALIVE Thinking of MM in BE, MC in KL, CL in CWB Do you have a mother, doctor? Yes, I do When was the…
Dec 15, 2013
CHANCE FAVOURS A PREPARED MIND.. IN THIS CASE SIMILAR THINKING MINDS.. A CONCLUDING NOTE FROM OMAN
Things happen for a reason. Who would have thought that a smile that was returned on a cold morning in March 2012 at Omaha Airport would have led to so…
Dec 15, 2013
CUBA MI ISLA RICA AND MY CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE
There is no greater sorrow than recalling happy times when we are sad Dante Thinking about Cuba, for me is never sad, but the powerful forces that draw me to…
Dec 15, 2013
OMAN IS A SPECIAL ARAB COUNTRY : RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A JEWISH TRAVELLER
WHY DO I TRAVEL TO OMAN WHY IS IT SO SPECIAL When I sent emails from Salalah, Oman on a recent stopover there, a good friend of mine asked: Why…
Dec 15, 2013
SPIRITUALITY: LETTER TO A JEWISH FRIEND IN MIAMI
Thoughts on Spirituality I have thought about it for long. One thing I can tell you what it is not: Rituals and Dogma like you mentioned in your email of…
Dec 15, 2013
SPEND A MORNING WITH AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST AND READ WITH HIM
Eleven articles arrived on a peer reviewed Diabetes and Metabolism Journal this morning. What was very interesting to note was that the authors were not from the usual developed countries…
Nov 15, 2013
METABOLIC SYNDROME: THE GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY AND THE DEADLY
METABOLIC SYNDROME A DISEASE IS BORN WHEN YOU CONVERT SOCIAL INEQUALITIES INTO MEDICAL MEASUREMENTS It is interesting to observe the metabolic changes among the Native Americans over a short period…
Nov 15, 2013
VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN: CULTURE AND MODERN MEDICINE
CULTURE, GENETICS, MODERN MEDICINE AND NON COMPLIANT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS Why is this Social Anthropologist writing an article about the scientific aspects of recently popularized Vitamin D? Epidemiologists, those troubadours…
Nov 15, 2013
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY TRANSLATED INTO REALITY: THE TRADITIONAL KICKAPOO TRIBE IN ACTION
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY TRANSLATED INTO REALITY: THE CASE OF MEXICAN KIKAPU/KICKAPOO: KICKAPOO TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TEXAS KTTT Philosophy as a guide to living- an essence of ones contentment, the feeling of…