Posted in Immune System, Public Health on 04/14/2010 01:31 pm by admin
Dr Kokayi interviews a west coast infectious disease specialist, Dr Brad Spellburg, the author of Rising Plague: the Global Threat from Deadly Bacteria and our Dwindling Arsenal to Fight them. Well the subtitle says it all. Bacteria are becoming so rapidly resistant to antibiotics that its no longer profitable for pharmaceutical companies to focus on making these drugs. This has become an international problem and bacteria have appeared that are resistant to every known antibiotic. Dr Spellburg gives a very dramatic account of how this resistance can affect healthy people and what is at stake in the near future
Posted in Immune System, Public Health, Vaccinated, Vaccination on 09/23/2009 01:04 pm by admin
Dr Kokayi interviews the co-founder of the National Vaccine Information Center, Barbara Loe Fisher. Dr Kokayi and Ms Fisher establish why there is no real crisis at this time and why the safey of the swine flu vaccine should be questioned (preservatives include thimerosal, formaldehyde, aluminum). While government and the pharmaceuticals are pushing for vaccination science and the epidemiology of the behavior of the swine flu suggest that for this time of year it is one of the mildest flu seasons relative to deaths and hospitalizations. Dr Kokayi also reviews supplements that might be very beneficial in preventing flu and warding off serious complications of the flu.
Posted in African Spiritual, Higher Consciousness, History and Culture, Mental Health, Podcast, Public Health, Spiritual Healing, Spiritual Traditions, Yoruba on 04/01/2009 02:57 pm by admin
Dr Kokayi has the opportunity to speak with two practitioners of the Yoruba tradition, one a holistic health practitioner, Darmone Holland, and the other an Assistant Principal of a NYC school. Both are involved with Ijo Orisa Yoruba Church, a Yoruba organization offering services and counseling to the community at large. Discussion revolves around cultural technologies designed to assist people with mental health issues and other everyday problems. The difference between Western medical approaches to mental health and African cultural approaches is highlighted. Mental health for African Americans is also explored in the context of Western mainstream society.
Posted in Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Podcast, Public Health, Stress Management on 03/04/2009 02:33 pm by admin
Dr Kokayi discusses with acupuncturist Susana Byer a community acupuncture program starting at the Kokayi center. In community acupuncture patients are treated at a fraction of the usual costs in a room where other patients are also being treated. The focus is on systems of acupuncture that rely on using points on exposed surfaces of the body; the ear, hands, and feet. Whole body representations can be found on these an other parts of the body and can be used to treat a variety of problems.
Posted in Allergic Reaction, Allergies, Food and Nutrition, Podcast, Public Health on 09/03/2008 06:27 pm by admin
Dr Kokayi looks at the state of NYC school lunches and the impact this has on children, especially those suffering with allergens. Joining him is the author of Food to Some and Poison to Others, Terry Traub, R.D.H. B.S. Her book looks at ways to diagnose food allergies using elimination diets that revolve around restricted food menus of healthy, delicious foods. Also in this program is a brief discussion with a representative from the New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches. The desire for our children to have health meals served to them is an issue that has been taking up by many groups and organizations. Some of these sites are shared. Faybiene shares her weekly poem on food this week.
Posted in African Spiritual, Fund Raiser, Health, Podcast, Public Health, Spiritual Traditions on 05/21/2008 04:49 pm by admin
Dr Kokayi is once again joined by Dr Malidoma Some as part of the fundraising activity of WBAI. Dr Some once more, in his authentic voice, describes the indigenous world view as it relates to a different perspective on health care and healing. Dr Some’s description of African cosmology reveals how people were taken care of in the context of a set of beliefs and practices that both sustained them and their environment. The premium offered is Dr Some’s The Healing Wisdom of Africa. The indigenous perspective is so important at present as Americans as a whole begin to grapple with the reality of how our lifestyle is impacting on the environment and the inevitable changes that are taking place. As we prepare to adapt and adjust to a “new” earth we must consider the wisdom of those that have come before us.
Posted in African Spiritual, Fund Raiser, Health, Podcast, Public Health, Spiritual Traditions on 05/21/2008 04:48 pm by admin
Dr Kokayi is once again joined by Dr Malidoma Some as part of the fundraising activity of WBAI. Dr Some once more, in his authentic voice, describes the indigenous world view as it relates to a different perspective on health care and healing. Dr Some’s description of African cosmology reveals how people were taken care of in the context of a set of beliefs and practices that both sustained them and their environment. The premium offered is Dr Some’s The Healing Wisdom of Africa. The indigenous perspective is so important at present as Americans as a whole begin to grapple with the reality of how our lifestyle is impacting on the environment and the inevitable changes that are taking place. As we prepare to adapt and adjust to a “new” earth we must consider the wisdom of those that have come before us.
Posted in African Spiritual, Fund Raiser, Health, Podcast, Public Health, Spiritual Healing, Spiritual Traditions, Tradional Medicine on 05/21/2008 04:46 pm by admin
Dr Kokayi is once again joined by Dr Malidoma Some as part of the fundraising activity of WBAI. Dr Some once more, in his authentic voice, describes the indigenous world view as it relates to a different perspective on health care and healing. Dr Some’s description of African cosmology reveals how people were taken care of in the context of a set of beliefs and practices that both sustained them and their environment. The premium offered is Dr Some’s The Healing Wisdom of Africa. The indigenous perspective is so important at present as Americans as a whole begin to grapple with the reality of how our lifestyle is impacting on the environment and the inevitable changes that are taking place. As we prepare to adapt and adjust to a “new” earth we must consider the wisdom of those that have come before us.
Posted in Holistic Medical Practice, Podcast, Public Education, Public Health on 03/12/2008 10:09 pm by admin
Dr Majid Ali joins Dr Kokayi to speak about a community based initiative coming out of WBAI to help address the increasing incidence of hypertension and diabetes in the NY metropolitan area. The program will involve the selection of community folks who will receive additional training in the monitoring of hypertension and diabetes. They will tend meetings on a regular basis with people who are actively trying to address their diabetic and hypertensive situation. The training of the group leaders will be on May 4th and 11th , 2008
