Points of Interest In amongst the “Special Mention” and “Of Interest” items for this Issue of “The Bridge”, the facts and theories about the number of deaths among natural and holistic doctors continue to be bandied about on a number of websites and within the media (alternative and even some mainstream). While attending the ACIM conference in Florida in September I was surprised and curious about a number of well known cancer and natural docs who were accompanied by bodyguards. It kind of threw me when one of our [...]

60 Years of Hevert – 60 Years of Competence in Natural Healing Hevert Pharmaceuticals celebrates a company anniversary: Since its foundation in 1956 the family-owned company has earned a leadership role among the manufacturers of natural healing medications and worldwide ranks among the ten most important homeopathic manufacturers. Marcus and Mathias Hevert, the third generation of managers, proudly look back on the 60 year company history and celebrate the anniversary with their own Hevert-Brand-Song (www.music.hevert.com free download). Today in 2016 – expanded with several company locations, worldwide distribution partners [...]

Naturheilpraxis, Volume 69, July 2016 (Translated by Carolyn L. Winsor) Pandemrix Vaccinations In future those affected persons In Sweden who suffer from incurable narcolepsy as a consequence of the swine flu vaccination with the vaccine Pandemrix, can claim a maximum up to 10 million Swedish Krona (one million Euro) in compensation. A corresponding law was recently initiated by the Parliament in Stockholm. Altogether in Sweden 475 patients claimed compensation, of which 311 cases were granted. Leading symptoms of the narcolepsy are persistent daytime drowsiness, imperative sleep attacks and cataplexy, [...]

Finally! Follow this link to see the study completed, published and recognized for MORA Therapy and Smoking Cessation as published in the prestigious “Forschende Komplementärmedizin” journal [this is a very expensive and commercially oriented journal to which as a non-profit OIRF is unable to afford to subscribe]. This highly effective method has been in use for a number of years, and we are thrilled to see it receive the recognition it deserves: www.karger.com/Article/FullText/365742 A Special Announcement for OIRF Supporters From THE BRIDGE Newsletter of OIRF Published September [...]

POINTS OF INTEREST Global burden of cancers attributable to infections in 2008: a review and synthetic analysis Catherine de Martel MD, Jacques Ferlay ME, Silvia Franceschi MD, Jérôme Vignat MSc, Freddie Bray PhD, David Forman PhD, Dr Martyn Plummer PhD Summary Background Infections with certain viruses, bacteria, and parasites have been identified as strong risk factors for specific cancers. An update of their respective contribution to the global burden of cancer is warranted. Methods We considered infectious agents classified as carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research [...]

Immune System Disease Hits Asians With AIDS-Like Symptoms CP | By Marilynn Marchione, The Associated Press Posted: Huffington Post, 08/22/2012 5:09 pm Updated: 08/22/2012 5:30 pm Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV. The patients' immune systems become damaged, leaving them unable to fend off germs as healthy people do. What triggers this isn't known, but the disease does not seem to be contagious. [...]

POINTS OF INTEREST Letter from the Publisher Jonathan Collin, MD Townsend Letter #348, July 2012 www.townsendletter.com Professor Ruggiero on HIV and AIDS Marco Ruggiero is a professor at the Institute of Experimental Pathology and Oncology at the University of Florence. Professor Ruggiero belongs to a small club of scientists who do not believe that HIV is the cause of AIDS. Professor Peter Duesberg, PhD at the University of California at Berkeley championed this theory in the early 1990s. Duesberg was rewarded for his public discussion of HIV not being [...]

POINTS OF INTEREST Unknown to most Missourians, Missouri had a close encounter with UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) and aliens near Cape Girardeau before the famous Roswell incident happened in New Mexico in 1947. The source of the information was from one of my patients who is a university librarian who recently gave me a copy of an article which I briefly scanned. I politely took the article and threw it in the trash. I thought she was one of those oddball, weird people who are attracted to not only [...]

POINTS OF INTEREST Submitted by Dr. Sir Zenon Gruba: Water Before Bedtime [Zenon’s note: I don’t know if this works – but it’s worth a try!] About 90% of heart attacks occur early in the morning and it can be minimized if one takes a glass or two of water – NOT grog or beer – before retiring in the evening. I knew water is important but I never knew about the special times to drink it. Did you?? Drinking water at the correct time maximizes its effectiveness on [...]

Congratulations to OIRF! As Occidental Institute moves into 2012 we are celebrating our Fortieth (yeah, that is our 40th) Anniversary Year. Version 1.0 of Occidental Institute opened its doors in Weston, Ontario Canada on July 2, 1972. On a personal level I just cannot imagine where all those years have gone. I guess the old saying about “time flies when you’re having fun” must apply, since there are so many exciting and wonderful memories to look back on. Dr. Walter D. Sturm *1944 - †2004 From a professional perspective [...]