Guest Editorial Two virus newsmakers, Ebola in 2014 and measles in 2015, both appear to be on the wane. Ebola is notably having a drop in its fatality rate, and there is no apparent explanation. Physicians who work for the international medical group Doctors Without Borders have observed that a higher percentage of treated patients are surviving Ebola – 50% instead of a 40% survival seen in 2014. Although there is a greater organization administering hydration and other noncurative measures, workers do not believe that this explains the improved [...]

Now, as we prepare to launch into Dr. Simon Yu’s article on a “Time to Die” I ask your forbearance for yet a few more comments from me – your newsletter editor and OIRF director. As Dr. Yu mentions first thing, “Death and dying is a touchy subject.” You’ve all read my rants about how we are losing the “old rabbits” of Biological Medicine with the passing of so many great practitioners and researchers. Our field of medicine is no longer “sparkly new” – for example the history of [...]

January 2015 In view of our continued emphasis on devices and instrument assisted methods following the discontinuation of so many homeopathic and natural remedies, here once again is a copy of our instrumentation policies. It is worth repeating since sales of devices represent our biggest fund raising activity for OIRF, and also because of our commitment to providing you with the information you need to make an informed decision about purchases. As stated in those policies, our recommendations are based not just on the claimed function of the device, [...]

During the recent A4M conference in Las Vegas it was my great pleasure to meet and talk with so many practitioners and exhibitors. Especially supportive was to hear: “Carolyn, wow. It’s so good to see you again” from docs who had been members in years past and were renewing their connection to OIRF after long time work within our field. Also encouraging were the “networking” possibilities with colleagues and supporters. As a result of those new and re-newed connections it is my great pleasure to announce two new members [...]

During the recent A4M conference in Las Vegas it was my great pleasure to meet and talk with so many practitioners and exhibitors. Especially supportive was to hear: “Carolyn, wow. It’s so good to see you again” from docs who had been members in years past and were renewing their connection to OIRF after long time work within our field. Also encouraging were the “networking” possibilities with colleagues and supporters. As a result of those new and re-newed connections it is my great pleasure to announce two new members [...]

Tuesday, 20 January 2015 Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters of OIRF, As we assess 2014 and get set to begin another new year, I trust that you are filled with optimism and plans that will take your practice to the next level of success. It has certainly been an interesting year here at Occidental Institute as we successfully instituted the many changes on our “to do lists” from this time last year. I am thrilled to be working with practitioners and researchers who have endeavored to present us with [...]

Comments from the Director During preparation of the last 2014 Issues of “The Bridge” I found that in several of our recent Issues there has been a lot of emphasis on instrumentation. I have commented several times previously that I foresee an increase in the use of this kind of instrumentation as we move into 2015 and beyond due to the changing regulations and registrations of the many European (German) remedies that we have come to rely on. How does the practitioner maintain a natural or biological medicine approach [...]

Wednesday, 26 November 2014 Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters of OIRF, A delay in receipt of one of the Director articles this Issue, freed me to look at another translation for our November issue. And, what more current or more frightening a topic is there than Ebola? The current outbreak in Africa that has already begun to migrate to U.S. soil presents us – as biological medicine practitioners – with interesting but yet challenging possibilities. First, here is the link to see information and comments from the National Center [...]

These comments follow the article Referred Pain, or The Connections of Pain Transfer found at this link. This is the second article by Dr. Jörg V. Schöpe translated for “The Bridge” newsletters . His first article highlighting a patient with CFS appeared in “The Bridge”, Volume 6, Issue #6, December 2010. For those of you who don’t still have that issue on hand, a reprint of the article has been posted on this website for your easier access (follow this link). In both articles he utilizes BioPhoton Light and [...]

Wednesday, 15 January 2014 Dear Colleagues and Friends of OIRF, As we assess 2013 and get set to begin a new year, I trust that you are filled with optimism and plans that will take your practice to the next level of success. It has certainly been an interesting year here at Occidental Institute and I am thrilled to be working with practitioners and researchers who have endeavored to present us with the latest and most in depth information. You have read many times before that the only constant [...]