Sunday morning, November 18 By now, I’m firmly in Greek hero mode. In a Medusa-like way, I note that after I’ve cut one monster’s head off another immediately arises. I travel from home (in the country) to the airport every…
Thursday, November 15 I put in an order to Glaxo for Hepatitis A vaccine and antibiotics. I paid for them personally – no time to raise funds here. Vaccines take two weeks to work, so vaccinations need to be done…
TACLOBAN “Well, we could get you on a military flight there,” Celeste said. “Getting you back is the problem, as the locals are queuing for days. Even my relatives are trying to get out, as they’re sick of the smell…
… and has risen tenfold in recent decades in the West. IN THIS ARTICLE WE’LL DISCUSS BOTH THE WESTERN MEDICAL AND INDIGENOUS WISDOM POINT OF VIEW, AS WELL AS PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR PREVENTION. With life expectancy extending to the eighties,…
Pollution, Botulism and Avoiding Toxins in Hong Kong The recent health scare regarding botulism toxins in our food has made us all realize the potential for inadvertently ingesting dangerous substances. I find as a family doctor that tiredness, lack of…
Alfalfa is Brain Food In our mind-intense, fast paced society, we are only as good as our brain function. So, we need to pay attention to feeding the brain with essential nutrients. Cancers and infections, such as urinary or candida,…
Having just got back from the UK, country of chips and sticky toffee pudding, I’ve gained enough weight to make all my clothes uncomfortable. Action needed to be taken fast! Luckily, I Learned About the HCG Diet… ‘I lost 3kg…
After flying all night to Europe, I manage to get a few hours sleep on the plane. Arriving in Paris or London at 6am, I somehow manage through the day. The problem usually comes in the late afternoon, when 5pm…
I was invited to the Cannes Film Festival by a good friend who had recently made a film, which was being shown there. I reckoned it would be a good opportunity to meet buyers and distributors for my recently released…
This article discusses a few key reasons to attend couples therapy, and provides ways therapy can address each type of issue.
According to China's latest statistics, the number of confirmed H7N9 cases in the country had surged to 91, with 17 deaths, as of the evening of Friday 19th April.
Mindfulness training is increasingly popular among doctors and psychologists as a practical tool to help patients who are anxious, stressed or depressed. It may be a new concept for some people, the root of it is thousands of years old. Also known as Mindfulness Meditation, the benefits are both incredible and far-reaching.
Mindfulness is our natural ability to bring attention to our experience as it unfolds in the present moment, bringing us back to what is happening in the here-and-now. It is a practical grounding in the “present-ness” of human experience.
