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 August, 2005

Public Health – John Rennie

 John Rennie , Editor and Chief of the Scientific American discusses various issues and policies that affect public health for today and tomorrow  ie.  population growth, environmental policies, energy and food sources.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: This poem will not be turned into a script

 

Supplementing traditional Medicine with Alternative Medicine – Dr. Siddharth Ashvin Shah

 Dr. Shah has completed advanced training in integrative medicine and mind body techniques and worked with Dr Kokayi for a period of time at the Olive Leaf.  Dr Shah discusses how culture affects the way people approach medicine. Also discussed are ways that Dr. Kokayi and Dr. Shah supplement orthodox medicine with alternative measures, such as breath work and hypnosis.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: Culture

 

Supplementing traditional Medicine with Alternative Medicine con’t – Dr. Siddharth Ashvin Shah

 

Importance of the Right Health Information – Dr. Hilton Hudson

Dr. Kokayi and Dr. Hudson  discuss how it is a necessity for patients to educate themselves regarding their health, and how properly formulating the questions they ask their doctors can help them help themselves.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: What makes me think?