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Things happen for a reason. Who would have thought that a smile that was returned on a cold morning in March 2012 at Omaha Airport would have led to so…
There is no greater sorrow than recalling happy times when we are sad Dante Thinking about Cuba, for me is never sad, but the powerful forces that draw me to…
WHY DO I TRAVEL TO OMAN WHY IS IT SO SPECIAL When I sent emails from Salalah, Oman on a recent stopover there, a good friend of mine asked: Why…
Thoughts on Spirituality I have thought about it for long. One thing I can tell you what it is not: Rituals and Dogma like you mentioned in your email of…
Eleven articles arrived on a peer reviewed Diabetes and Metabolism Journal this morning. What was very interesting to note was that the authors were not from the usual developed countries…
YOU ARE WHAT YOU READ Be careful not to become Ignorant! My teacher at University of Miami, Dr Howard Lessner (olav ha shalom) once told me, noting my desire to…
LOW HDL CHOLESTEROL AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS, HYPERCHOLESTROLEMIA IN JAMAICA AND A CUBAN/AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST In the Medical Literature, there has been a lot of hullabaloo made about the importance of…
JEWS OF MALABAR, A MAKE DO MENORAH AND THE CHANUKKIAH LAMP AMONG THE INDIANS This invitation arrived from Cochin, India today: As the Jewish community is dwindling in Malabar, more…
Gratitude, Make someone Happy and Elixir of Love The forecast for this morning was Rain, dreary skies and the pertinent cold of oncoming northern winter. But that was not to…
We always hear, such and such a group are friendly, so and so are friendly, but are we friendly? why is that the same person behaves in a different fashion…
METABOLIC SYNDROME A DISEASE IS BORN WHEN YOU CONVERT SOCIAL INEQUALITIES INTO MEDICAL MEASUREMENTS It is interesting to observe the metabolic changes among the Native Americans over a short period…
CULTURE, GENETICS, MODERN MEDICINE AND NON COMPLIANT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS Why is this Social Anthropologist writing an article about the scientific aspects of recently popularized Vitamin D? Epidemiologists, those troubadours…