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 [...]
A Long-Standing, Covert Health Threat While mycoplasma was first identified in animals in 1898 and humans in 1932, its considerable health dangers and implications have only in the last several decades become more apparent. Existing somewhere between a virus and typical bacteria, mycoplasmas are known to be the smallest, free-living organisms in the world. Unlike traditional bacteria having solid cell walls, cell-wall deficient mycoplasmas take on many different shapes, making them sometimes difficult to identify in the laboratory and also difficult to culture. Cell wall deficient microorganisms are typically [...]
Oxygen Therapies – A Scientific Comparison Traditional Oxygen Therapies Compared With The Progressive Principle of Spirovitalisation Survival time without solid food: 40 days; without liquid: 4 days; without oxygen: 4 minutes Introduction Science tells us that no higher life forms can exist without oxygen. This demonstrates the crucial significance of a continuous supply of the "elixir of life", oxygen, for all higher organisms. Adequate availability of oxygen is the prerequisite for all metabolic processes associated with the production of energy, a [...]
Lyme disease, named after the famed 1975 outbreaks in Lyme, Connecticut, is often known as the “great imitator” for its frequent mimicry of many other conditions. Estimated to be under-reported by a factor of 6 to 10 in the USA alone, Lyme has often lived in the shadow of other more publicized epidemics and public health issues, such as HIV and SARS, even though in recent years, it has likely outnumbered them both (1). Further complicated by the often problematic and inconsistent diagnostic criteria and testing methods put forth [...]
POINTS OF INTEREST I am reproducing this article here without permission – it is reproduced verbatim without editing or changes. The Daily Reckoning is a subscription that Walter used to read regularly and that I have maintained through the years. Although primarily an investment newsletter they keep a uniquely interesting eye on current political and economic events and often have editorials such as the one below. I would like to hear your comments on this one . . . The Daily Reckoning Weekend Edition Saturday, [...]

