May 15, 2012
WHEN IS SUGAR NOT SUGAR…IN INDONESIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE CORN SUGAR, I was told, when presented with an attractive little package, in Bogor, Indonesia. Sugar brings to our mind the waving…
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.
May 15, 2012
THEY DONT CARE ABOUT OUR HEALTH..SO WE SHOULD
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR HEALTH, DO THEY? AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR FIDELITY INVESTMENTS. An advertisement for Fidelity boasts that their managers will…
May 15, 2012
DO JOGGERS LIVE A LONGER HAPPIER LIFE?
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE IS JOGGING GOOD FOR YOU? I remember visiting a group of Indians who lived along the Canon del Cobre or Copper Canyon…
May 15, 2012
Breakfast in Indonesia; Lunch in Malaysia and Dinner in Cambodia: Thank you Tony Fernandes, an Indian from Kuala Lumpur
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE BREAKFAST AT YOGYA LUNCH AT KUALA LUMPUR DINNER AT PHNOM PENH YOU CAN, THANKS TO TONY FERNANDES AND AIR ASIA The breakfast…
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…
May 15, 2012
THE BOSS OF BOGOR: PHILOSOPHY OF A HUMBLE INDONESIAN
PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMBLE MAN OF BOGOR He runs a company, which employs 150 people. He has to travel a lot to USA, Europe, SE Asia, which keeps him away…
Apr 15, 2012
Noite de Saudade
A NIGHT FULL OF SAUDADE When did that word enter my vocabulary? Saudade.. Long before Cesaria Evora sang Sodade in 1994. An unbridled sensation of nostalgia, mixed with a tenderness…
Apr 15, 2012
DIABETES CARE WITHOUT BORDERS: THE REMARKABLE PEOPLE OF PHNOM PENH
These are some of the workers at mopotsyo.org an NGO which has success in empowering poor patients with Diabetes. watch the following videos to get an extent of the good…
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…
Apr 15, 2012
Medical Anthropology in Paris The Cuban Connection
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Medical Anthropology in Paris- The Cuban Connection Soon after graduating from the Medical Anthropology programme in London, I was requested to give…
Apr 15, 2012
THE PROPHET OF PENANG
During one of my early regular visits to the Far East, in 2004, I crossed over by bus to Johor Bahru, where memories of a distant night when I witnessed…
Apr 15, 2012
WELCOME TO OMAHA AND SOME DEAR FRIENDS
I left home, in Paris at 0610 on a Monday and arrived at the hotel near the airport in Omaha at 12 10 am, ie 25 hours later.. Most people…
Apr 15, 2012
ET TU, BRUT US
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ET TU, BRUT US (A) Endocrine Society says FDA excludes critical research in decision-making on BPA use in food packaging Chevy Chase,…
Apr 15, 2012
Omar Khayyam, The Sky and South Dakota
That inverted Bowl we call The Sky; Whereunder crawling coop’d we live and die. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam In less than 24 hours, I have gone from one part…
Apr 15, 2012
Poverty is the Obstacle for Prevention of Obesity in the USA and other richer countries
POVERTY IS THE OBSTACLE FOR REDUCTION OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY. IN USA AND OTHER RICHER COUNTRIES I am closely involved with several Indigenous groups in their effort to combat Obesity in…
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
THE SLUMS OF PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA AND WHAT IS A JEWISH ENDOCRINOLOGIST DOING THERE?
I am very lucky to be associated with Maurits and his tireless efforts through Mo Po Tsyo (mopotsyo.org) to control diabetes among the less served and very poor in the…
Mar 15, 2012
THE BOOKSELLER OF MOGADOR
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE BOOKSELLER OF MOGADOR Until 1956, when Morocco became independent of France, the popular seaside town of Essaouira (very popular with Americans…