Commentary by Carolyn L. Winsor, September 2008 The following article appeared in my university alumni newsletter earlier this year. It affected me deeply when I read it even though I do not know the author or his family. All of us in this field of biological medicine deal with cancer patients regularly since we have become the “court of last resort” (instead of the first), as they discover their radiation- and chemo- therapies are just not working – and are in fact making them worse and worse. Because we [...]
FAQs: Points of Interest! This is a column that has been missing from the past few issues, but with the recent introduction of new instrumentation there has once again been a flurry of phone calls and e-mails asking about these devices and comparisons to other competitive products. I must say I am always reluctant to make comparisons between OIRF recommended instrumentation and the “other guys”. It has always been our philosophy that we should never run down the “other guys” to make our own products [...]
Farrah Fawcett Seeks 'Alternative' Cancer Treatment in Germany Farah Fawcett is receiving “alternative treatments” for cancer in Germany – and videotaping the experience for a possible documentary, a close friend of the actress’s tells PEOPLE. Craig Nevius, who produced Fawcett’s reality show Chasing Farrah and who is now overseeing the video project overseas, says that although Fawcett’s cancer has returned, her health has not declined. “She was declared 100 percent cancer free and then it came back,” he says. “She was discouraged by the treatments she got here. The [...]
Is a virus not responsible, but rather bad animal husbandry? H5N1 is “a time bomb which is only waiting to be detonated” according to Anthony Fauci, director of the US administrative body, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. WHO (World Health Organization) and the [German] Federal Consumer Protection Ministry also convey this gloomy evaluation. WHO recommends, as a precaution, to stock up on Tamiflu and Relenza – medications which should help against the Bird Flu. The Robert Koch Institut [Berlin, Germany] advises conventional [...]

