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.
Many poets have written about friendships. I think it was Mireilles from Brasil who profoundly stated about the absence of a close friend. One that gnaws at your heart and…
I read something very interesting in Simon Kuper's column in the FT a few days ago. He was describing his meeting with an old friend who stayed on in Moscow…
I have been very lucky to be visiting various parts of the USA on a regular basis. Initially there was no pattern to my travels, but lately: South Florida, Nebraska/Iowa/South…
INFORMATION OVERLOAD OR INFORMATION ANALYSIS Dedicated to people from whom I learned so much about the art of being a Physician Dr Howard Lessner Dr Julio Ferreiro Dr Eric Reiss…
HAIL TO THE COURAGE OF OUR IRANIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS The Islamic Republic of Iran recently held a Presidential Election. There were many candidates all but one of whom were…
AIR ASIA, whose CEO, Tony Fernandes, a Malaysian Indian, has done more for the integration of ASEAN countries than any SINGLE politician of the region, and now connecting both India…
GIFTS OF INDONESIA: THIS TIME FROM BALI I had to divert my trip to the USA from Europe, so that I could once again be with my Indonesian friends. My…
WHO BROUGHT THE SCRIPT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA: HINDUS OR BUDDHISTS IN OTHER WORDS, WHO IS THE REAL BUMIPUTRA? I was merrily walking along the street in front of the…
INFLAMMATION AS THE COMMON PATHWAY TO CHRONIC DISEASES IN 2002, I was wandering around the streets of Johor Bahru, Malaysia when I came across books being sold at a Hindu…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Aspartame In Milk: Dairy Industry Seeks Approval To Drop Label For Artificial Sweeteners No, you have read it right! Flavoured Milk already…
After weathering the Snow storm while visiting the Lakota Indians, I made up my mind to visit Pak Hendra in Bogor. But as is my routine, I decided to make…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE NEVER GIVE UP ON A PATIENT OF YOURS AND IN FACT ON ANOTHER HUMAN BEING FOR THAT MATTER. About ten years ago,…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST THINKS ABOUT CHOLERA CHOLERA AND DIABETES IS THERE A METAPHORIC CONNECTION? When we talk about a CURE for Cholera, what…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE AGELESS MAN OF KUALA TRENGGANU For those who hide behind their identities and the exteriors of themselves and their skin as…
SINCE 2008, I have been very lucky to have been visiting Malaysia on a regular basis and since 2012, Indonesia was added to the regular jaunts over there. This year's…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE REMARKABLE MEN and WOMEN WHO BLESS YOUR LIFE During the month of April, 2013 I was fortunate to travel to the Indian…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Peer to peer health promotion at work place The humble boss of Bogor An old Indian story talks about a group of…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LEE KUAN YEW AND HIS QUESTION FOR BERNARD LEWIS I quote verbatim, from Notes on Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historians…
