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TRAVELLING IN AMERICA: ENJOY THE VAGARIES OF CAPITALISM Almost always, my friend the Sage of Sioux City would say, Capitalism rewards the wrong type of person. I am assuming, hopefully…
Mi Buenos Aires Querido Poverty and Elegance in the South The signs are everywhere. Even upscale neighborhood’s are covered with graffiti. And there are no constructions going on.. And lots…
The Jewish Identity in Diaspora The Economist, published weekly, has to be one of the best brain foods that is published that frequently in the English Language. I have great…
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…
SEATTLE, A FOODIE PARADISE Outside of New York City, in the USA, the major cities have regional emphasis on their cuisine, with a smattering of innovative cuisine. If you go…
Rick Hansen in Buddha's Brain: p 98 Find Refuge in whatever is a sanctuary and refueling station for you. Potential refuges include people, activities, places, intangible things like reason, a…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE OUTCRIES ABOUT IMMIGRATION: THE FEAR OF THE OTHER What is this emotional charge that can raise the heart beat of normal law…
Like most western educated Medical Doctors, I was not that interested in the Mind Body Connection in Health while I was a Medical Student, Resident in Internal Medicine and a…
TROUBADOURS OF TRAGEDY: THE LOSS OF TRUST IN EPIDEMIOLOGISTS Epidemiologists are bureaucrats of Western Medicine. They are usually male, middle aged; White and lack people skill or communications skills but…
AN ENCOUNTER WITH MEXICO IN THE FAR NORTH, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, USA Bismarck, North Dakota is possibly the northernmost city of any size, furthest away from the USA border with…
CAMEL MILK. A NATURAL ANTI-DOTE TO DIABETES, OF COURSE IN CONTEXT BioMed Central is an extraordinarily wide and comprehensive source of cutting edge research and investigations from around the world.…