Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from the archive.
The arrival to USA especially Miami after the short flight from Havana, just forty minutes..is educational and needs cultural comprehension. the language remains the same, people look the same and…
Whenever I see a LIST of places to visit, hotels to enjoy, or the word BucketList, I think of it as a clue to avoid those places. But not when…
FRIENDS, FOOD AND FAR EAST TRAVELS OF DR SUDAH YEHUDA KOVESH SHAHEB DECEMBER 2007 Shuttling between La Habana, Cuba; Miami, Florida and Paris, France, in addition to participating at professional…
A CGM, Artificial Intelligence, and the Limits of Cultural Understanding For the past week, I have been wearing a continuous glucose monitor, a device largely designed and marketed for the…
Suriname is a small country on the northern coast of South America, bordered by Guyana to the west, French Guiana to the east, and Brazil to the south. Its population…
A CGM, Artificial Intelligence, and the Limits of Cultural Understanding For the past week, I have been wearing a continuous glucose monitor, a device largely designed and marketed for the…
A French Lunch — A Nutrition Lesson for the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand For a complex mix of anthropological, historical, and geopolitical reasons, English-speaking countries and their…
Psychosocial Stress, Inflammation, and Atherosclerosis: An Anthropological Reflection That most feared of outcomes— the heart attack , or acute myocardial infarction (AMI)—rarely occurs out of the blue. From a biomedical…
I am writing this note, knowing fully well that Internet is down but it will be up, like the hopes and aspirations of the Iranian people. When i left Miami…
Yesterday, in Antigua, Guatemala , I received a message that a surprise birthday party was being arranged for a Lebanese friend of ours who works for the UN in Jamaica.…
Empathy, Compassion, and Respect for the Other In the span of a single week, events have unfolded with such density that one has the uneasy feeling that the political architecture…
I am a Physician specializing in Endocrinology, the study of the metabolism and also the hormones. We can measure the levels of many hormones in the body necessary for smooth…
In this crazy world we are living in at the moment, whether large scale demonstrations in India or mass slaughtering of the protesters in Iran or jihadists knifing non believers…
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I am waiting to check in to Georgian Airlines counter which does not open for another hour or so at Terminal 2 D, the poor cousin to the other luxurious…
0 0 1 475 2712 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 22 6 3181 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Coming Home to Havana The flight from…
I am recuperating nicely from the last trip in the tranquility of my sisters home in Miami, while she is away with her family on Caribbean cruise. This last trip…
Oliver Sacks wrote in the Introduction to this book: Cecil Helman is many things: old-fashioned General (Family) Practitioner, psychiatrist, cultural anthropologist, storyteller, poet and artist-and all this comes together in…
It took me forty four hours of travel By car from the Indian Reservation to the airport in Omaha, Nebraska and then a short flight to Chicago. Waited for the…
EXERCISE, WEIGHT MAINTENANCE AND CALORIES When discussing Exercise habits, many would confess that they walk for a few minutes each day or jog or go on the treadmill. Any form…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Welcome to Eagle Pass. Texas and the Hairstylist Olguita, from Mexico and the Pedi/Manicurist Heidi(Phuong) from Soc Trang, Vietnam. When you are…
Photo: Soleiman of Maulana Plaza at Seri Kembangan, Malaysia Mingalabar in Malaysia This has been a wonderful day in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur to be specific. Just another day in Paradise,…
A Letter to my friends in Cuba: Dear Friends: I want to convey to you two images from my first few hours in Vietnam. In Miami, I had bought a…
My name is Sudah, Su in Pali, I am told, signifies that which is good, and in many languages, this name is associated with Food, for which I am very…