Category Archives: Culture

Bad Cuban medicine

Posted on January 18, 2003 by Other News Sources

(January 18, 2003) The shelves in the neighbourhood pharmacy, like those in the other neighbourhood pharmacies I had seen in Havana, were half empty and full of dust, the small section of medicines on display arranged in lonely rows of old-fashioned little bottles. Customers were as scarce as the medicines. Continue reading →

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Cuba’s cruel joke

Posted on January 11, 2003 by Other News Sources

(January 11, 2003) “Can I have your bones?” the old woman asked my eight-year-old daughter, pointing to the gnawed remains of the chicken leg that had been her lunch. Continue reading →

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Triumph of freedom

Posted on January 4, 2003 by Other News Sources

(January 4, 2003) Conservatives dismayed by the increasing size of government can take heart. Large size is not tantamount to a loss of freedom. At no point since Europeans first colonized this continent have governments been less powerful, less oppressive, and less intrusive in our economic and personal lives. Continue reading →

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Empowerment is the best medicine

Posted on November 20, 2002 by Other News Sources

(November 20, 2002) Does a positive mental attitude help patients beat cancer? A study published earlier this month in BMJ, the journal of the British Medical Association, thinks not. Continue reading →

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Indian medicine

Posted on October 20, 2002 by Other News Sources

(October 30, 2002) Richmond, B.C. has the healthiest people in Canada, Statistics Canada reports. “Life expectancy in Richmond is the highest in the country, at 81.2 years.” Unless you’re an Indian. Continue reading →

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