By WRF in WRF News | 1 Comment
The World Research Foundation is very pleased to present the Los Angeles Premiere of a new documentary:
Mary Pickford, The Muse of the Movies
In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Mary Pickford in Film
Friday, August 28, 2009
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7:00 PM – VIP Reception with Hors d’oeuvres & Wine / [...]
By WRF in Ancient Medicine | 4 Comments
The Badianus Manuscript, (Codex Barberini, Latin 241) an Aztec Herbal of 1552, was discovered at the Vatican Library in 1929 by Professor Charles U. Clark.
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The manuscript was bound in 16th century crimson velvet and is the earliest treatise on Mexican medicinal plants and native remedies which has ever come down [...]
By WRF in Preventive-Healthcare | 1 Comment
Medical research has come a long way, and as a result, people live much longer than they used to. While no one can argue that expanding the average person’s lifespan is good, many folks are not enjoying the quality of life that we would hope as they get older. Many of the elderly have chronic [...]
By WRF in Alternative Therapies | 19 Comments
At one time, long ago in our history, medicine was considered an art and not just a profession. To be a physician was a noble and sacred task. During the time of the ancient Greeks we find sacred temples of healing and the physician priests accomplished wonderful and profound healings.
In more modern times, if we [...]
By WRF in Alternative Therapies | 10 Comments
The effects of magnets and magnetic fields has been known for a very long time. Galen, a Greek physician around 200 BC, in his book, De Simplicium Medicamentorum Facultatibus, mentions the use of magnets. In 1000 A.D., a famous Persian physician described his findings using magnetism to relieve various disorders. In the early 1500s, the great [...]
By WRF in WRF News | 3 Comments
On Sunday, January 14th the World Research Foundation sustained major damage due to a severe freeze in Sedona, Arizona. Temperatures in Sedona hit record lows, and water pipes were freezing in homes and businesses all over Sedona, as well as Phoenix, Arizona, to the south. At 9:00 AM, one of the pipes that supplies the [...]