Jun 15, 2012
Ashamed of Who you are.. A Texas Tragedy
ASHAMED OF WHO YOU ARE.A Texas Tragedy Maria, a waitress at an elegant function for Doctors at the Hilton Hotel in Houston said: I don't like speaking Spanish. Her English…
Stories
Field notes from the road
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.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Jun 15, 2012
Normally I Do Not Participate In
Normally I do not participate in internet Forums or discussions unless something is that close to my heart. When someone had posted in a scientific forum that Sugar is the…
Jun 15, 2012
Queridos Hermanos de Puerto Rico .. en Pine Ridge..Dakota del Sur
Borinquen de mi amor! Yo soy hijo de Borinquen Y eso nadie va a cambiar Y el día que yo me muera En ti quiero descansar Yo te adoro Puerto…
Jun 15, 2012
RELIGION AND OBESITY IN THE WEST
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Countries with low levels of teenagers giving birth accept sexual relationships among teenagers and provide comprehensive and balanced information about sexuality…
Jun 15, 2012
HAPPY TO PRAY FOR THOSE I LOVE
A silence. I saw my teacher dozing on a chair on the left; two others sat with their eyes closed. A breeze from the cornfields. Suddenly a flap opens, and…
May 15, 2012
OPTIMISM IS A KEY FACTOR IN HEALTH
Next week, I hope to be present at the International Centre for Neurological Restoration in La Habana, Cuba when three American Indian patients suffering from various degrees of Neurological damage…
Apr 15, 2012
PEER EDUCATION AND PREVENTION OF DIABETES AMONG THE INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PEER-TO-PEER P2P EDUCATION AMONG CHEYENNE RIVER LAKOTA INDIANS I have just spent five full days at the Youth Diabetes Prevention Programme, under…
Apr 15, 2012
DIABETES CARE WITHOUT BORDERS: MOPOTSYO.ORG OF CAMBODIA
I have been very lucky to have become involved in International Health at an early stage of my Medial Career. It was not something that was encouraged or looked upon…
Mar 15, 2012
AU REVOIR, FRANCE.. I WANT TO GO HOME
This morning the sun has risen and a bright morning is in store.. Just exactly one week ago, around this time, in Toulouse, a father took his two children to…
Feb 15, 2012
A day in the Life of a Medical Anthropologist
What do Medical Anthropologists do anyway? I dont know about others, This is one day, more than 24 hours.. but felt like one day. Early out of bed from the…
Feb 15, 2012
Blue House among the UmonHon Indians
Just imagine, tonight is Monday, and on Friday night past I was having a Khmer/French dinner at Le Rits’ Boutique Hotel in Phnom Penh. Today I am in Walthill, in…
Feb 15, 2012
WELCOME TO THE BLUE HOUSE AMONG THE OMAHA INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Just imagine, tonight is Monday, and on Friday night past I was having a Khmer/French dinner at Le Rits’ Boutique Hotel in…
Feb 15, 2012
BROTHER WHERE ARE YOU? YOUR GIFTS ARE ATTRACTING ATTENTION
This afternoon I had a chance encounter with Dr J, a visiting academic from Australia.. who is doing research into the social context of the first Rajah of Sarawak.. After…
Feb 15, 2012
INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, ITS TIME HAS COME : Yoga, Philosophical Counseling, Homeopathic Medications in addition to the Western Allopathic One
I am a Physician and most of my patients suffer from Chronic Diseases, most of them correctable if social situations permitted a greater autonomy for the patients. So I am…
Feb 15, 2012
FOOD INSECURITY AND POOR HEALTH. CAN DEPRESSION MAKE YOU CHOOSE BAD FOOD? ANXIETY ABOUT FOOD AND OBESITY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE FOOD INSECURITY AND POOR HEALTH. CAN DEPRESSION MAKE YOU CHOOSE BAD FOOD? ANXIETY ABOUT FOOD AND OBESITY Two medical Journals in my…
Jan 15, 2012
Who can you Trust for Your News? Use a Little Analaysis and Avoid Professor Peons
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Who can you trust regarding News and Information and thus Knowledge? We are overwhelmed with increased number of resources to get…
Jan 15, 2012
TWO DAYS TO GET TO INDIA, THREE DAYS LATER I AM OFF AGAIN
Leaving the Blue House on the Indian Reservation to Omaha Airport then a short flight to Chicago and the United First Lounge United Chicago to Frankfurt. Lufthansa Senator Lounge at…
Jan 15, 2012
VISA ON ARRIVAL INDIA
VISA ON ARRIVAL INDIA Those of us with an urge to visit this teeming land of Real Fakirs and Fake Yogis, Excellent Food and Mediocre Wannabees imitating the West, full…