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, 2008

The Truth About Coconut

Posted in Alternative Medicine, Health, Nutritional Therapies, Podcast, cardiology on 08/27/2008 06:14 pm by admin

This is a rebroadcast of a program from a few years ago with Bruce Fife, the author of Coconut Cures. Mr. Fife dispels the erroneous information concerning coconut oil as a harmful fat. He points out that the oils of tropical plants like the coconut and palm tree can handle higher temperatures when cooking without denaturing . Much of the discrediting of coconut comes from the venders of polyunsaturated fats. Coconut oil can be helpful to the heart and many other organs. Its uses among indigenous peoples are also highlighted.

 
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Arthritic Treatments

Posted in Acupuncture, Arthritis, Integrative Medicine, Nutritional Therapies, Podcast on 08/06/2008 04:38 pm by admin

Dr Kokayi discusses treatment approaches to the different types of arthritis.  Current treatment methods with NSAIDS are critiqued along with the discussion of herbal formulas that Dr Kokayi has used in his own practice.  Dr Kokayi reframes the understanding of what is happening in arthritis so that it is appreciated energetically as well as biochemically and biomechanically.  Acupuncture, Chinese medicine, and nutrition are discussed as they relate to this model.  Callers were taken.  

 
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