Aug 15, 2017
AMERICA THE ANGRY, AMERICA THE UNFRIENDLY, AMERICA THE UNWELCOMING
I have never felt unwelcome in this country and I have been coming in and out of the country with certain regularity for more than twenty years. My reason to…
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.
Aug 15, 2017
CUBAN ENDOCRINE SOCIETY INVITES YOU TO THEIR ANNUAL MEETING. NOV 8-10, LA HABANA, CUBA
An excellent opportunity to Visit CUBA! An opportunity to meet Cuban Clinicians and Researchers. Topics covered are Endocrine Diseases as well as Reproductive Health in women with Diabetes. I am…
Aug 15, 2017
Purpose in Life and HEALTH
I remember the Nobel Prize winner British writer, VS Naipaul saying: when you do not have a project in life, it tends to become boring. I have a chance to…
Aug 15, 2017
A TALE OF TWO CITIES; NEW YORK AND DOHA, A GOOD METAPHOR FOR DECLINE
A TALE OF TWO CITIES: IN A MATTER OF HOURS. A GOOD METAPHOR NEW YORK AND DOHA To travel from Havana to Doha, one has to transit either in Miami…
Aug 15, 2017
THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON: A MODERN DAY TECHNOLOGICAL ENCOUNTER AT 39 000 FEET
THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON: A MODERN DAY TECHNOLOGICAL ENCOUNTER AT 39 000 FEET. The sleek Airbus 350 took off from New York JFK airport on time, now climbing over…
Aug 15, 2017
QATAR AIRWAYS THE MAN IN SEAT 1 K
WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, in my opinion and those of many others, QATAR AIRWAYS is the best Airline in the world and I look forward to each and every flight with…
Aug 15, 2017
MARRIOTT MARQUIS CITY CENTRE HOTEL IN DOHA QATAR: A STAY THAT BECAME A VACATION
A HOTEL STAY THAT TURNED ITSELF INTO A VACATION And that mood followed me to Casablanca. I love flying Qatar Airways; it means frequent transits through Doha. Before, I was…
Aug 15, 2017
THE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN DOHA WILL CENTRE YOUR LIFE: THOUGHTS FROM THE PERSIAN GULF
HOW TO CENTRE YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING OFTEN? Thoughts from DOHA As I entered the Al Mourjan Lounge at Doha International Airport, a young man clad in grey suit…
Aug 15, 2017
SAD STATE OF DIABETES CARE IN THE UNITED STATES: DIABETES IS A SOCIAL ILLNESS
THE SAD STATE OF DIABETES CONTROL IN AMERICA A study was recently published comparing patients with Type 2 Diabetes who are attending Endocrine Clinics in North America, for a study…
Aug 15, 2017
THE JEWISH GENERAL AND CREATION OF A MUSLIM COUNTRY AN ARTICLE BY BERNARD-HENRI LEVY
It’s quite a story. This story may seem unlikely in this era of generalized war between cultures, civilizations, and religions. And I am grateful to British journalist Ben Judah for…
Jul 15, 2017
FOURTH OF JULY IN KUALA LUMPUR: NOT A SINGLE AMERICAN FLAG TO BE SEEN
I found myself in Kuala Lumpur on 4th of July 2017. I am aware that it is an important holiday in USA even though I have not been in USA…
Jul 15, 2017
QATAR A WELCOMING COUNTRY OF A MIXTURE OF HUNDRED NATIONALITIES
I am in Doha to show solidarity with the country, which is facing a diplomatic crisis, forced on them by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, all I suppose stalwarts…
Jul 15, 2017
SIEM REAP IS CARVING ITSELF INTO MY HEART
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2017/07/siem-reap-is-carving-itself-into-my.html
Jul 15, 2017
WHAT DOES A 14 HOUR FLIGHT DOES TO YOUR FACE
This is how hydrated my face was when I began my journey from DOHA to New York JFK. 14 hours later, despite having a total of 8 hours sleep, the…
Jul 15, 2017
THE LATEST QATAR AIRWAYS FLIGHT DOHA TO NEW YORK 16 JULY 2017
I look forward to my Qatar airways flights. In May, I flew 10 long haul flights back to back with them and in the first two weeks of this month…
Jul 15, 2017
ONE DAY IN QATAR IN JULY 2017
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2017/07/one-day-in-qatar-in-july-2017.html
Jul 15, 2017
SOUTH KOREAN NURSING STUDENTS VISIT A NATIVE INDIAN HEALTH CLINIC
9 South Korean Nursing Students from Pusan, South Korea spent two days with us and many days with other members of the Health Department of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.…
Jul 15, 2017
MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ALONE IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO HEAL THE CONCERNS OF THE PATIENT
Medical Knowledge ALONE is not sufficient to heal Most people suffer from Illnesses and the medical profession objectifies those symptoms elicited and then gives it a name, and it becomes…