May 15, 2021
BE PART OF THE WELLBEING OF OTHERS, GOOD KARMA
Why do people Migrate? is it for themselves or for the country that are migrating to ? Is it a fair question to ask a Syrian fleeing Alep, to go…
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.
Apr 15, 2021
OVER DIAGNOSIS AMONG AMERICAN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.. WHERE DID IT ORIGINATE ?
I am familiar with the health care systems in many parts of the world. The best, in my opinion, has been the one in FRANCE and the most chaotic is…
Apr 15, 2021
MARVELS OF TECHNOLOGY: THE FUTURE WHERE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEETS HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
This morning I received a message from an artist friend of mine from Teheran. and included was a song "I really love this song. I cant understand the meaning of…
Mar 15, 2021
A TIME TO BE HAPPY WHETHER IN ISRAEL OR IRAN
I am very attracted to the music in Israel of Yemenite origin. I hold the humble opinion that what we see in the Yemenite Israeli faces are the faces of…
Mar 15, 2021
IKIGAI THE JAPANESE CONCEPT IN THE MODERN WORLD
When I began my journeys in the Americas, I was impressed with the wealth of literature available. At that time, I did not speak Spanish or Portugues, thus my world…
Feb 15, 2021
I HAVE RECEIVED MY VACCINE.. SO THAT MY PATIENTS ARE SAFE..
I work for a special community and they were prioritized to receive vaccines for all the Health Care workers as well as all the members of the community. The Health…
Feb 15, 2021
TO FAST OR NOT TO FAST.. A GOURMETS DILEMMA
September 28, 2020 Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss and Other Metabolic Parameters in Women and Men With Overweight and Obesity JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 28, 2020.…
Jan 15, 2021
NEVER BEFORE HAVE I FELT THIS IMPOTENT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
It was March 18, 2020 and I had packed my bags and ready to go to the airport to leave the USA. My sister and her husband begged me to…
Jan 15, 2021
WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? NOW THAT 2021 IS UPON US AND STILL A FEW MONTHS TO GO BEFORE NORMALCY? RETURNS
WHAT CAN WE DO NOW ? By the middle of January 2021, I would have completed the course of vaccination against Covid 19 Apart from Israel, no other country would…
Jan 15, 2021
WORDS SOMETIMES CAN DAMAGE PRECIOUS THINGS
HOW PRECIOUS THINGS ARE DAMAGED BY MISUNDERSTOOD WORDS Words are the greatest source of misunderstanding. And especially when one is reading in another language. I have never added a moral…
Dec 15, 2020
USA WHILE LOOSING RESPECT ABROAD FOR ITS POLITICS IS STILL THE CENTRE OF INNOVATION WITH ISRAEL BEING A CLOSE SECOND
AMERICA OR USA is a land of immigrants and more so as each year goes by. When you are in a city like Miami you realize that your chance of…
Dec 15, 2020
MOROCCO-ISRAELI FRIENDSHIP IS CENTURIES OLD.. A NICE HANUKKAH GIFT OF INCREASED MUTUAL COOPERATION
Jews must have lived in Morocco ever since 70 CE but the definite change came after they were expelled from Spain 1492. Even before the expulsion, there was migration of…
Nov 15, 2020
AS WE BEGIN TO TRAVEL, IT IS GOOD TO AVOID PLACES WHICH ARE POLLUTED AND GO TO PLACES WHICH ARE LESS POLLUTED
The majority of the polluted CITIES in this world are either in INDIA, CHINA or PAKISTAN . That does not mean all of CHINA and INDIA are polluted. Of the…
Oct 15, 2020
PSYCHOLOGICAL PANDEMIC IN THE TIME OF CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC
DUNBAR NUMBER IN THE TIMES OF COVID This morning BBC Future had an article, How solitude and isolation can affect your social skills. Humans are deeply social creatures, so what…
Oct 15, 2020
OCTOBER 18. DIA DO MEDICO. BRASIL AND REMEMBERING THE GREAT CUBAN PHYSICIAN CARLOS FINLAY
Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro lit up to pay homage to Dia do Medico on October 18th, 2020. I received this message from Brasil. [08:20, 18/10/2020] :…
Oct 15, 2020
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS: LESSONS FROM MALAYSIA WITH GRATITUDE TO MY FRIENDS IN KUALA LUMPUR
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS Borders is what we create so that we can cocoon inside it and then feel comfortable in them with our fellow travelers. Currently I am reading a…
Oct 15, 2020
AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST ANTHROPOLOGIST IN THE DAYS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION 2020
Lately days are passing by as if covered in a veil of magic. I have seen so many happy people , and my own little island beckons me seductively. Reality…
Sep 15, 2020
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO KNOW INDIA ?
When someone, especially a westerner who has spent some time roving around the subcontinent, says they know INDIA, I cant but smile. It is impossible to know INDIA, even for…