Global Medicine Review is a talk show program hosted by Dr. Kamau Kokayi and Faybiene Miranda dedicated to exploring topics of interest in medicine, health, culture and healing. The show airs on WBAI every Wednesday from noon - 1PM. You can download individual shows below or from iTunes. You can also subscribe to our iTunes feed and get the show automatically downloaded to iTunes or to your mp3 player.

Archive for July, 2005

African Culture – Part II – Dr. Charles Finch

Posted in Health, History and Culture on 07/20/2005 07:53 pm by admin

Continued from African Culture – Part I

 
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African Culture – Part I – Dr. Charles Finch

Posted in Health, History and Culture on 07/20/2005 06:17 pm by admin

In this fundraising edition, the premium being offered is Dr. Finch’s book “Star of the Deep Beginnings”. Also during the program, Dr. Kokayi and Dr. Finch discuss
the zodiac, the Dogone people of Africa, the African cosmos.  Dr Finch’s book documents the African legacy of science with documentation of the accomplishments of African cultures going back into antiquity as well as present day cultures which have been labeled “primitive”. 

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: A grain of sand

 
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“Big Pharma” – The Pharmaceutical Industry – Ed Taylor

Posted in Health, Pharmaceutical Industry on 07/07/2005 03:35 pm by admin

Dr. Kokayi and Ed Taylor, a member of the financial community and someone who links commerical med tech ideas to big money, look at big pharma in action. The procedures that pharmaceuticals must follow   in order to gain FDA approval for the new drugs they develop are hightlighted along with the shortcomings in this present system.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: How do you look at racism?

 
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