Jul 15, 2020
THE BIG TECH BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU ….
We are living through a strange ? period of time, a difficult ? period of time, or profitable? period of time? I suppose it depends who do you ask .…
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.
Jul 15, 2020
A WORD OF ADVICE TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS,,,,,, REGARDING PATIENT CARE IN THE COMING DECADES …LEARN TO BE GOOD GARDENERS AND NOT SHOPKEEPERS
In his powerful book, the influential Israeli historian, Yuval Noah Harari argues that within a decade or two, the role of the primary care provider would become redundant as more…
Jul 15, 2020
THE NEGLECTED GLOBAL PANDEMIC: UNCONTROLLED,GALLOPING OBESITY ALL OVER THE WORLD
EMORY University School of Medicine is providing an educational session in SPANISH for the multitudes of Health Care Providers in Latin America about OBESITY. I listened to it today as…
Jul 15, 2020
A STRICTLY BIOMEDICAL BLOG… WITH NO ANTHROPOLOGICAL COMMENTS…
Are All Type 2 Diabetes Medications Created Equal? Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, MHM, FACP reviewing Tsapas A et al. Ann Intern Med 2020 Jun 30 For high-risk patients, some…
Jul 15, 2020
KNOW YOUR GENES, KNOW YOUR CULTURE AND THAT IS YOUR NUTRITION .. NO ONE SINGLE NUTRITIONAL ADVICE FITS EVERY ONE
When I finished my training as an Endocrinologist, my knowledge about Nutrition was biblically minute, it could have been written down on a grain of rice! Very little training about…
Jun 15, 2020
WE WILL MEET AGAIN DAME VERA LYNN ECHOES IN MIAMI
We'll meet again Don't know where Don't know when But I know we'll meet again some sunny day Keep smiling through Just like you always do 'Till the blue skies…
May 15, 2020
LA VIDA ES UN SUENO GRACIAS POR LA VIDA. THANKS FOR THIS MAGIC, MY DEAR FRIENDS
Magic days amidst rain and thunder in Miami They had announced it earlier, a storm is forming out on the horizon and one could feel more than normal rain and…
Apr 15, 2020
MASKS: THE FEAR OF THE OTHER AND OTHER THOUGHTS OF LIMINALITY
There is no visible symbol in the west that has been associated with another entire hemisphere such as the MASK. People stared at Japanese tourists politely had their masks on…
Apr 15, 2020
SIXTY DAYS WITHOUT A FLIGHT: UNUSUAL BUT UNDERSTANDABLE
Sixty days ago, I arrived in Miami on a flight, and took Share Ride Uber to my sisters house and I have not been back to the airport since. I…
Mar 15, 2020
Le petit poète de Côte Sauvage
Many years ago, I encountered a little poet at Cote Sauvage in the Bretagne peninsula that houses the vacation spot of Quiberon. I have been lucky in that over the…
Mar 15, 2020
A HAPPY SONG FROM ISRAEL ..A COMBINATION OF MIDDLE EASTERN MELODIES. SHLOMI SHABAT. YUVAL DAYAN. IDAN AMEDI
We are living through a little difficult times that requires understanding of one another and also tolerant and compassionate behaviours to the others and be considerate of the feeble persons…
Mar 15, 2020
WHERE DOES WORK END AND LIFE BEGIN ? REFLECTIONS ON UNCERTAIN TIMES
I was a young boy when I across this saying in one of the journals that arrived once a month: Life is a long holiday with Intervals of work. I…
Mar 15, 2020
BEDLAM IN USA BUT CALM MINDFUL NIGHT IN MIAMI
People worry that they would be bored if they have to stay home for more than a few days, as most people in this world are forced to do now…
Mar 15, 2020
DONT JUDGE THE PROFICIENCY OF A LANGUAGE SPEAKER BY HIS OR HER ACCENT
I have always been interested in languages. I am not sure what language was the one I first heard or understood but study of languages (more cultural anthropological rather than…
Dec 15, 2019
SIX DAYS IN SIEM REAP THE COLLECTOR OF STORIES
I enjoy my visits to Siem Reap. Long gone are the days of looking at the archeological ruins which i have visited numerous times. This year 2019 I think I…
Dec 15, 2019
A SHORT STAY IN BANGKOK .. EXCELLENT FOOD
Had time only for One breakfast at Double Tree Sukhumvit One breakfast at Qatar Airways Lounge at Souvanabhumi one meal at NARA in Sukhumvit one meal at Tlaling Pling and…
Dec 15, 2019
THIS IS NOT A BLOG . BUT A RECORD OF MY TRAVELS IN 2019
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The Year 2019 has been a good year for travel, but then again which year has not been a good one ?…
Nov 15, 2019
SIX DAYS IN SIEM REAP . A COLLECTOR OF STORIES
SIX DAYS IN SIEM REAP The collector of Stories In our lives, fewer STORIES come to us than if we were traveling or going in search of them. In six…