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Mon 8 Mar 2010
Posted under category Just For Fun.
Written by:
Dr. Richard Saint Cyr
I’ve run out of steam this week, so I thought I’d just post an old poem of mine for your enjoyment. It’s totally non-medical but I had a lot of fun writing it when I was 16 and it may put a smile on your face…
Fri 5 Mar 2010
Posted under category China public health, Expatitis, Mental Health.
Written by:
Dr. Richard Saint Cyr
I’m pleased that my recent articles on expatitis are striking a chord among my readers. Here’s an email I received from a reader in England that I thought deserved its own page. It’s a lovely and personal example of how an entire family can struggle when living abroad: …Continue Reading…
Thu 4 Mar 2010
Posted under category China public health, Food Safety.
Written by:
Dr. Richard Saint Cyr
Here is yet another new food scandal; this time it involves a disturbing twist. This one involves cowpeas grown in Hainan and shipped to many parts of China. It seems some recent batches were contaminated with isocarbophos, a toxic pesticide banned in China since 2004 but still apparently available. …Continue Reading…
Wed 3 Mar 2010
Posted under category Air Pollution, China public health, Food Safety.
Written by:
Dr. Richard Saint Cyr
There was a big story a couple weeks ago in China; the most comprehensive survey of pollution in China was released, and it showed a far worse picture of water health than previously estimated. This first national pollution census revealed that China’s water was twice as polluted as previously thought. …Continue Reading…
Tue 2 Mar 2010
Posted under category Expatitis.
Written by:
Dr. Richard Saint Cyr
The following is part of the transcript of my first clinic encounter with uber-expat businessman Mr Indy Spensible, diagnosed with expatitis:
Doc: …So, Mr Spensible…
Indy: Just call me Indy.
Doc: OK, Indy. Is that short for Indiana?
Indy: No, for the racetrack. My mother thinks I was conceived there. …Continue Reading…
Tue 2 Mar 2010
Posted under category China public health, Expatitis, Mental Health.
Written by:
Dr. Richard Saint Cyr
Yesterday I introduced the concept of expatitis, a syndrome of expat ill health. I also introduced my uber-expat businessman, Mr Indy Spensible, who was having panic attacks, among other complaints. Let’s focus first on stress, a vastly under-appreciated malady affecting expats. …Continue Reading…
Mon 1 Mar 2010
Posted under category Expatitis, Mental Health, Wellness.
Written by:
Dr. Richard Saint Cyr
Let’s jump into Case One: Mr Indy Spensible, a mid-50’s General Manager of a large company, comes to my clinic with “funny chest pains” for a month. He’s a stocky guy with a big belly; very outgoing but obviously exhausted, wistfully eyeing his beeping Blackberry as we talk. He gets about 6 hours of sleep “if I’m lucky” and constantly travels. He has “no time” to exercise like he used to. He smokes and drinks “just enough to keep ahead” at his frequent business dinners. Lately he’s feeling “really stressed” and started having panic attacks after his second wife started threatening to move back to Europe “if I don’t slow down”. “You gotta help me, doc, I’m falling apart”… …Continue Reading…
Fri 26 Feb 2010
Posted under category China public health, Food Safety.
Written by:
Dr. Richard Saint Cyr
Most expats probably remember the late 2008’s food safety scare regarding melamine in milk products (especially formula) causing kidney problems in hundreds of thousands of Chinese infants. Unfortunately, it seems that we still need to be concerned about milk products in China, as the Chinese papers have been detailing yet another resurgence in the illegal and dangerous use of melamine in some milk products. It seems that 100,000 tons of melamine somehow got back on the market last year, and at least 5 companies were caught selling it. The government now says that most tainted milk products are recalled. …Continue Reading…
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