Somatization and Depression
It is often seen in low to middle income countries (LMIC) that, as the living standard of the population improves, their health services have to adapt from the challenge of … Continue reading
Happiness and Heart Disease
Laughter is one of the best forms of medicine! A few years ago, I read an article in a medical journal about a research study conducted by cardiologist Professor Michael … Continue reading
Mr. Henry’s Roses
A Short Story – by Grégoire Crevier Preamble: Some years ago, while walking the pilgrim trail known as the Camino de Santiago in Spain, I had the privilege of meeting … Continue reading
Pilgrimage to Shikoku
へんろみち – Henro Michi: Journey to the 88 Temples A few years ago I decided to walk the 88 Temple Pilgrim Trail on Japan’s island of Shikoku. My intention of … Continue reading
Taking the Gym Home
Exercising at Home during the period of Corona virus isolation isn’t difficult if you know how to ‘Take the Gym Home’ – and make your home conducive to regular exercise! … Continue reading
Goodbye, Davo – a short story
The unexpected shell scored a direct hit on the Resuscitation Bay. One moment the team was hard at work, resuscitating the wounded soldier on the stretcher table – and the … Continue reading
Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic
For the past few thousand years, we in South Asia have been greeting each other by touching our own hands together in a respectful Ayubowan or Namasthe greeting rather than … Continue reading
Medication or Meditation?
While the value of meditation has been known in Buddhist and Hindu traditions from time immemorial, it is only recently that western medicine has come to acknowledge that meditation can … Continue reading
Sanjiva Wijesinha -writer and physician 
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