Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
COMPLIMENTARY OR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE WHERE DOES YOGA/AYURVEDA/ACUPUNCTURE FIT INTO THIS PUZZLE The predominant discourse about Health in this world, in the developed and developing world is Western Medicine or called…
ALAIN DE BOTTON ON SUCCESS SENSATION OF SUCCESS. ARE YOU A FAILURE? Alain de Botton, the modern day philosopher who writes and talks about Happiness, Work, Love and Philosophy has…
when talking about standards of living, GDP, Gross Domestic Product is often mentioned and most travelers realize that it is not a good indicator of the quality of life. Most…
I am writing this, sitting INSIDE a bus, while the middle aged levantine (irani?) driver is negotiating through the traffic. We are still in Vancouver, Canada and our destination is…
I have not felt so content being in a city, for a long time.. Not this is not my beloved Havana, where I know the nooks and crannies and the…
Wandering Medical Anthropologist and Endocrinologist: A prescription for a Stress Free Life Day 1 March 4 th , 2011 EuroStar. Paris Gare du Nord to St Pancras, London. 2h 32…
Culture of Geography of Birth? I was told of a forthcoming wedding in Paris. A Mali born French Nanny in her early thirties with a 12 year old daughter will…
Malaysia warns Muslims of Valentine's Day 'trap' Muslims make up nearly two-thirds of Malaysia's 28 million population Malaysia stepped up a campaign to stop Muslims celebrating Valentine's Day - labelling…
Death of Dr. Joel Stephen Glaser Loss of a Book that educated you Dr. Glaser, with his late wife Irena, had been part of every step of my life in…
Fleas can jump two hundred times the length of their own bodies, which is roughly about thirteen inches. If a grown man could jump 200 times the length of their…
French Paradox: an additional piece: Slowly digested or Undigested Carbohydrates. Another Piece of the French Paradox: Why French are not fat or have higher Cardiovascular Diseases. Most people working in…
Paris Suburbs: Shopping for Everyday Goods Globalization at Work This morning I went shopping in one of the western suburbs of Paris and it was truly a lesson in Globalization…
Air France 0636 Boeing 777-300 Paris Charles de Gaulle international airport to Houston International Airport 10 th January 2011 0701 train from Becon les Bruyers in Paris to Gare San…
The U-bend of life from the Economist Why, beyond middle age, people get happier as they get older Age and happiness Dec 16th 2010 | from PRINT EDITION ASK people…
I was made aware of the value of friendships very early in life, when for various reasons, my own family couldnt be with me (then or later in my life)…
While the Americans were celebrating Thanksgiving Day, an important holiday for them, there was nothing in Paris to remind one that such an important holiday of eating and celebrating and…
Malaysia in Cuba I have had no desire to get in touch with Malaysian Embassy in the past but with my increasing connection to Malaysia, on a whim, I decided…
WHAT 3 EUROS WOULD BUY YOU AT THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKET IN CUBA 09 NOVEMBER 2010 Three large avacados, two Kg of Bananas, two kilograms of Guava, half a…
