Xylocopa
Tales of a migrant worker in the global economy
Patrick Hahn
- Location
- Cape Coast, Ghana
- Birthday
- June 07
- Bio
- All photos by the author are copyright of Patrick D Hahn. All rights reserved. To the best of my knowledge, all other photos and illustrations used here are in the public domain or are used with the permission of the copyright owner. If you believe a photo of yours has been used here without your permission, please email the author of this blog.
MY RECENT POSTS
- News flash: exercise burns fat
January 27, 2012 10:16AM - The sea turtles of Nzema
January 12, 2012 03:51AM - Drugging them into submission
Part 2
February 03, 2012 01:10AM - In search of Aboatia Part 1
January 12, 2012 03:38AM - Taking a break from Open Salon
December 25, 2011 10:52AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Beautiful tribute to a
fine spirit. It's a pleasure
to make
your
acquaintence.”
February 11, 2012 05:51AM - “By all means get it
checked out, but try not to
worry about
it.”
February 11, 2012 04:46AM - “It is in all likelihood
a false alarm. Here's wishing
you
continued good
health.”
February 10, 2012 09:18AM - “I figure by not watching
sports on TV I am effectively
adding
five years to my
li…”
February 06, 2012 10:32AM - “Thanks. Tune in next
week when we go on a
whale-watching
excursion and
encounter…”
February 06, 2012 07:03AM
Patrick Hahn's Links
- The astonishing rise of mental illness in America
- Part 6: Why psych meds are not "like insulin for diabetes" continued
- Part 5: Why psych meds are not "like insulin for diabetes"
- Part 4: A manufactured epidemic
- Part 3: An invented disorder
- Part 2
- Part 1
- Big fat lies
- Part 10: Chunky monkeys
- Part 9
- Part 8
- Part 7
- Part 6
- Part 5
- Part 4
- Part 3
- Part 2
- Part 1
- Is screening for cancer a giant con job?
- Part 10
- Part 9
- Part 8
- Part 7
- Part 6
- Part 5
- Part 4
- Part 3
- Part 2
- Part 1
- The Gold Coast
- The crocodiles of Egyambra
- The elephants of Molé National Park
- The Castle of Saint George at Elmina
- The Holy Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopia
- Gondar
- Harar
- The Castle of Saint George at Elmina
- Imrahana Christos
- Laibela
- Debra Zion
- Tana Kirkos
- The Church of Saint Mary at Axum
- The Cradle of Humanity
- Only in Ethiopia
- Ethiopian cuisine
- The Red Terror Museum in Addis Ababa
- Axum
- Trampled Rose: giving Ethiopian women a second chance
- The diagnosis
- The Land of Burnt Faces
- The Cradle of Humanity
- The Medical-Industrial Complex
- The Vampire of the Caribbean
- One of the deadliest prescription drugs ever
- News flash: public playgrounds harbor germs
- Are statin drugs the new thalidomide?
- Listening to Peter Kramer
- Chantix: Killing more than just your desire to smoke
- Chantix: For people who are dying to quit smoking UPDATED
- GlaxoSmithKline: making a killing
- Chantix: is suicide an "expected event?"
- Exploding the antidepressant myth
- Kermit Gosnell update
- A fat-headed idea
- Throughput in the psychiatrist's office
- Doctor Kermit Gosnell's Little Shop of Horrors
- In memory of David Reimer
- The House of Frankenstein
- Time to re-think our strategy in the War On Cancer
- Trampled Rose: giving Ethiopian women a second chance
- Man is more than a dildo
- The diagnosis
- I hope he fails
- President Obama, healthcare reform, and Animal Farm
- Animal experimentation and the shining city on the sea
- The checkup
- Health care, breast cancer, and "Benefits-eligible" employees
- "Death panels," prostate cancer, and health care rationing
- Letter from physicians to the American people and my reply
- Pulling the plug on Grandma
- They're as mad as heck and they're not gonna take it anymore
- The most important thing to remember about health care
- Review of "Our Daily Meds" by Melody Peterson
- Time to pull the plug on employer-based health insurance
- A depressing proposal
- The health care industry tips its hand
- Has medicine become the modern-day substitute for religion? Part 2
- Should doctors kill? Part 3
- Remembering Doctor Heller
- Physician, heal thyself
- Should doctors kill? Part 2 EDITOR'S PICK
- On driving a spike through a child's eye sockets
- Has medicine become the modern-day substitute for religion?
- Free market versus "socialized medicine"= A false choice
- Blaming the uninsured EDITOR'S PICK
- A tepid defense of animal experimentation
- Why do people say heart transplants "save lives?" UPDATED
- The perils of genetic engineering
- Should doctors kill?
- Vassals of the Medical-Industrial Complex
- The War On Drugs
- Part 5: Jose Guerena shooting update
- Part 4
- Part 3
- Part 2
- Part 1
- The Nutritional-Industrial Complex
- Myplate: should the government be telling us what to eat?
- Big surprise: Heart Attack Grill spokesman dies at 29
- Eat your vegetables -- or else! UPDATED
- Fresh takes up where Food Inc. leaves off
- Food Inc. pulls back the veil
- High-fructose corn syrup and highly misleading advertising
- Michael Pollan's subversive proposal Part 2
- Michael Pollan's subversive proposal: Eat food
- War On Food EDITOR'S PICK
- Personal reminiscences
- The lizards of Echo Canyon Park
- The greatest summertime song EVER
- Remembering Mom UPDATED FOR MOTHER'S DAY 2011
- Thoughts on Valentine's Day
- Goodbye to all that
- Remembering Grampa
- Remembering Uncle Walter
- Remembering Doctor Heller
- Personal essays
- The Washouts
- The Small Girl
- Books of interest
- The Origins of AIDS by Jacques Pepin, M.D.
- Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever
- Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker
- The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth by Irving Kirsch, Ph.D.
- Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health by H. Gilbert Welch, M.P.H., M.D.
- Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear by Jan Bondeson
- Blaming the Brain: the Truth About Drugs and Mental Health by Elliot S. Valenstein Ph.D.
- Our Daily Meds by Melody Peterson
- In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
- Overdo$ed America by John Abramson, M.D.
- The Truth About the Drug Companies by Marcia Angell, M.D.
- Selling Sickness by Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels
- Uninsured in America by Susan Starr Sered, Ph.D., and Rushika Fenrandopulle, Ph.D.
- Sick Girl by Amy Silverstein
- Sick by Jonathan Cohn
- Overtreated by Shannon Brownlee
- Worried Sick by Nortin M. Hadler, M.D.
- My Lobotomy by Howard Dully
- Should I Be Tested for Cancer by H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H.
- The Lobotomist by Jack El-Hai
- Medical Nemesis by Ivan Ilich
- Confessions of a Medical Heretic by Robert S. Mendelsohn, M.D.
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- 44 Comments
Goodbye to all that
SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 9:19AM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 37500 Views
- 28 Comments
War On Food
MAY 3, 2009 6:10PM EDT
- 1540 Views
- 28 Comments
Remembering Mom UPDATED FOR MOTHER'S DAY 2011
MAY 6, 2009 8:13AM EDT
- 6317 Views
- 21 Comments
War on Drugs = War On Us All Part 3 UPDATED AGAIN
MAY 9, 2009 8:54AM EDT
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- 37 Comments
They're as mad as heck and they're not gonna take it anymore
AUGUST 10, 2009 10:45PM EDT
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- 12 Comments
Is screening for cancer a giant con job? Part 2
APRIL 3, 2009 4:52PM EDT
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- 23 Comments
The most important thing to remember about health care
JULY 5, 2009 11:48AM EDT
- 5088 Views
- 15 Comments
The cradle of humanity
DECEMBER 7, 2009 12:49AM EST
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- 9 Comments
Free market versus "socialized medicine" = A false choice
MARCH 6, 2009 3:34PM EST
- 3025 Views
- 18 Comments
The health care industry tips its hand
MAY 22, 2009 1:59PM EDT
- 969 Views
- 18 Comments
Chantix: is suicide an "expected event?"
MAY 30, 2011 5:05AM EDT
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- 4 Comments
War On Drugs = War On Us All Part 1
FEBRUARY 28, 2009 10:00PM EST
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- 9 Comments
Remembering Grampa
APRIL 8, 2009 6:10AM EDT
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- 22 Comments
Is screening for cancer a giant con job? Part 3
JULY 12, 2009 5:36PM EDT
- 869 Views
- 23 Comments
Exploding the antidepressant myth
MARCH 30, 2011 3:13AM EDT
- 2531 Views
- 8 Comments
Michael Pollan's subversive proposal: Eat food
MAY 16, 2009 5:52PM EDT
- 1218 Views
- 9 Comments
Trampled Rose: giving Ethiopian women a second chance
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 2:16PM EDT
- 487 Views
- 14 Comments
Harar
NOVEMBER 8, 2010 1:39AM EST
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- 24 Comments
An invented disorder UPDATED AGAIN
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 8:54AM EDT
- 445 Views
- 8 Comments
Drugging them into submission UPDATED AGAIN
DECEMBER 13, 2011 6:12AM EST
- 1924 Views
- 11 Comments
Is screening for cancer a giant con job? UPDATED
FEBRUARY 26, 2009 1:56PM EST
- Editor’s Pick
- 1865 Views
- 8 Comments
Blaming the uninsured
MARCH 5, 2009 5:52PM EST
- 1858 Views
- 20 Comments
Time to pull the plug on employer-based health insurance
JUNE 12, 2009 9:58PM EDT
- 875 Views
- 10 Comments
The House of Frankenstein
DECEMBER 13, 2010 2:31AM EST
- 10378 Views
- 17 Comments
Big fat lies
MARCH 26, 2009 9:22AM EDT
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