Sentences with phrase «medical anthropologist»

American Medical anthropologists at the University of South Florida and UNLV, surveyed new mothers, and found that about 3/4 had positive experiences from eating their own placenta, citing «improved mood», «increased energy», and «improved lactation»»

Such questions are increasingly being asked by public health scholars, ethnographers, and medical anthropologists who are studying the so - called «therapeutic itineraries» of everyone from malaria sufferers in Gambia to diabetics in Brazil.

Medical Anthropologist Robbie Davis - Floyd explains why we've gotten so obsessed with machines and numbers, how things are changing back to models that work in various parts of the world, and what you can take from those models to improve your experience.

Tackling the growing threat from cancer, says medical anthropologist Paul Farmer, could improve health care more broadly

Posted by: Sydney Ross Singer, Medical Anthropologist in Natural Cures, Natural Healing January 9, 2013 4 Comments

Green, a respected medical anthropologist, had labored extensively in researching this field.

Earlier this month, I posted a Q&A on the Ebola outbreak with a Stevens colleague, medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhail.

At the same time, however, some of the steps taken by international groups and national governments, such as quarantines, may have exacerbated the outbreak, according to medical anthropologist Barry Hewlett of Washington State University.

In her 1978 book The Tender Gift: Breastfeeding, medical anthropologist Dana Raphael claimed that men could induce lactation simply by stimulating their nipples.

So when medical anthropologist Catherine Panter - Brick, whom Dajani had met at Yale University in 2012, approached her about putting the resilience - boosting program to the test, she seized the opportunity.

As an applied medical anthropologist, Quandt works to correct health disparities experienced by rural and minority populations.

About the author: Sydney Ross Singer is a world - renown medical anthropologist, author, and director of the Institute for the Study of Culturogenic Disease, located in Hawaii.

Sydney Ross Singer, Medical Anthropologist December 21, 2012 Natural Cancer Treatments, Natural Cures, Natural Healing 17 Comments

In another session at the conference, medical anthropologist Dr Gregory Phillips talked about the need for a true substantive shift in power for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, from the wards of hospitals through to Constitutional reform.

Dr. Jordan is a clinical medical anthropologist, an award - winning international health journalist, behavior specialist, RN, author, and Co-President of the National Wellness Institute, and CEO of Global Medicine Enterprises, Inc..

In 1992, medical anthropologist Robbie Davis - Floyd described the technocratic and holistic models of birth.

Harvard University physician and medical anthropologist Paul Farmer is determined to ensure that prediction doesn't come true.

Posted by: Sydney Ross Singer, Medical Anthropologist in Natural Cancer Treatments, Natural Cures, Natural Healing December 21, 2012 17 Comments

She was a medical anthropologist who studied under cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead.

Dr Astier Almedom, Medical Anthropologist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.

What is great about this study is it gives mothers some numbers,» said Melissa Cheyney, a practicing midwife in Oregon and a medical anthropologist.

«With this research, I hope to establish that prisons, with appropriate policies and staff training, can address the mental health needs of prisoners with severe mental illness,» said Galanek, PhD, MPH a medical anthropologist and research associate at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences» Begun Center for Violence Education and Prevention Research at Case Western Reserve.

David Van Sickle, a medical anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who presented during the same session as Barnes, points out that the global prevalence estimates for asthma are based largely on asking people whether a physician has ever told them they have asthma.

So I decided to become a medical anthropologist and try to bring back traditional medicines.

But you didn't become a medical anthropologist.

Co-authors of the study are Melissa Cheyney, a medical anthropologist and associate professor in OSU's College of Liberal Arts, and Courtney Everson, a former OSU graduate student who recently completed her doctorate.

By studying the social forces that bind these ills together, «you can really push the boundaries of public health,» says Dale Stratford, a medical anthropologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

A medical anthropologist at Yale, Panter - Brick has navigated that learning curve herself, traveling extensively to study resilience.

As a medical anthropologist, she specializes in the study of multi-disciplinary models for integrative medicine (healing circles) and the emergence of Health Coaches as novel agents in health behavior change.

Sydney Ross Singer is a medical anthropologist, the author of several groundbreaking and controversial health books, and the director of the Institute for the Study of Culturogenic Disease, located in Hawaii.

According to Sydney Ross Singer, a medical anthropologist — our sleeping position could be the cause of morning head pain.

As a medical anthropologist, she specializes in the study of collaborative models for integrative medicine and the emergence of health coaches as novel agents in health behavior change.

Dr. Jordan is a clinical medical anthropologist, an award - winning international health journalist, behavioral health specialist, RN, author, and President of Global Medicine Enterprises, Inc..

Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D a psychologist and medical anthropologist who has studied the shamanic healing practices of the Amazon and Andes for over 30 years... Read More

Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., is a psychologist and medical anthropologist who has studied the shamanic healing practices of the Amazon and Andes for over 30 years.

Publishing Penn State physician Michael Green and creator Dana Walrath discuss the graphic medicine genre; Green is one of the authors of Graphic Medicine Manifesto, and Walrath, a medical anthropologist, is the creator of Aliceheimer's: Alzheimer's Through the Looking Glass, a memoir of her mother's experiences with Alzheimer's.

Phillips, a medical anthropologist, is from the Waanyi and Jaru people of north - west Queensland, an Associate Professor and Chief Executive Officer of ABSTARR Consulting.

Richard D. Chenhall is a medical anthropologist and an NHMRC Fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research.