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 November, 2007

Helke Ferrie on Corporate Medicine, Pharmaceuticals and the Environment

Helke Ferrie is an anthropologist and a medical science writer whose articles on the political aspects of medicine are featured regularly in Canada and the US. She also runs Kos Publishing Inc., a publishing company that specializes in books on the politics of medicine. She and Dr Kokayi discuss a range of topics covering the practice of medicine, the role of pharmaceuticals, and our toxic environment.

 

Traditional African Medicine with Nana Ahor Kakabaah Annaan 1

Dr Kokayi interviews one of the culture carriers from the African continent who has maintained his traditions and brought his cultural healing attributes to these shores and has a Ghanaian healing center in

New Jersey. Nana Ahor Kakabaah Annaan 1 is an Akan Priest and healer from

West Africa who gave up his accounting career to continue the healing tradition of his ancestors. He works directly with African metaphysical energies and channels medical protocols.

 

Viral Influenza: The Coming Plague

Dr Kokayi looks at the history of viral influenza and the present efforts to prepare for what has been described as a future inevitability. Homeopathy’s success with viral influenza is discussed as well as various herbal treatments and ascorbic acid. The main focus is on a new product made from elderberries that has been prepared in such a way that it blocks replication of viral influenza and theoretically double stranded DNA viruses in general. The technology used to make this product possible and the implications for further research and product development are also discussed.