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.
OBSESSION WITH SUFFERING, ILLNESS AND DISEASE I begin my lectures on Medical Anthropology, discussing how the common metaphors in the society had changed from Religious to Medical. Benjamin Franklin suffered…
COMMUNICATION BARRIERS BETWEEN DOCTORS AND PATIENTS This morning, I received the following text message from an Indian friend of mine, who lives in a remote reservation. She had consulted me…
A CURE FOR STRESS: LAUGHTER or having Jewish Sense of Humour helps. I am a Doctor/Anthropologist to some of the poorest people in the USA. Because they live in isolated…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE STRESS IN OLDER MEN A NEW DEFINITION OF OLD This morning after reading an article published from Oregon State University, I conclude:…
SPEND A MORNING WITH AN AUSTRALIAN/CUBAN/JEWISH ANTHROPOLOGIST ENDOCRINOLOGIST IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM The morning was welcomingly fresh; the temperature was a mild 57 F/11 C with no sign of rain. The…
Spirituality in Health Care Healing versus Curing Quality vs. Quantity How many vs. how much In treating Cancer, How long is the survival? Rather than how good is the quality…
One of the first lessons I learned from the American Indians was that the Europeans think Quantitatively while they themselves thought Qualitatively. This way of thinking is so pervasive that…
Some astounding factors about Exercise in America Comparing the data from 1988-1994 with 2009-2010, the proportion of adults who reported NO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, increased from 19.1% to 51.7% in women…
INTERNET BY CANDLELIGHT No, I don't mean to go back in time, by energizing Internet by Candlelight. During the heyday of alternative lifestyle, they used to talk about Steam Guitar…
When you think of Dining Spots around the world, or Dining in general, the every day food of America does not come to mind. Visitors to this country are amazed…
ON A RECENT VISIT TO MALACCA, I WAS HAPPY TO MEET ONCE AGAIN THE INDEFATIGABLE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ZHENG HE SOCIETY, DR TTS OF SINGAPORE. AS USUAL WE TALKED…
It was a good day to receive this news of a miracle cure of two Ebola Infected American citizens who had been released to the care and love and affection…
No es muy comun se escucha cosas buenas sobre Cuba en la prensa aquí en los Estados Unidos. Así que estaba feliz de leer este artículo de France lo que…
One of my favourite philosophers, Gilles de Leuze, once famously declared: Tell me your desires, I will tell you who you are. In the western minds, who you are, is…
For most westerners, Tribes would mean exotic groups of people who live in the hills, wearing handmade jewelry and who would dance for them, put on a show for a…
WELCOME PRESIDENT JOKOWI OF INDONESIA I am sure there are thousands of politicians and businessmen in Indoneisa, shivering in their boots at this welcome news of a simple son of…
MH 017 BAD LUCK FOR MALAYSIA AND NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR MH, AND LOTS OF MEMORIES FLYING THEM I am at the International Airport in Kuala Lumpur, just one…
IT is 14th of July 2014 Bastille Day Fete Nacional France Celebrations Parades Fireworks yes in France but I am in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Since I have family in France…
