The World Ozone Congress, Verona, Italy, March 1999
From: "Saul Pressman"
Date: Fri May 7, 1999 3:41 am
Subject: Verona Report
The World Ozone Congress, Verona, Italy, March 11-13, 1999
My wife and I attended the World ozone Congress in Verona Italy, from March 11 -
13, 1999. This was a bigger conference than the one in Cuba in March 1997, with
about 300 persons in attendance, most of them doctors.
The Conference was held in the Glaxo Wellcome Auditorium, which I thought was
very ironic, since they are makers of both amyl nitrate poppers and AZT - sort
of entering the lion's den, as it were. Be that as it may, the facility was
first class.
The main room was a large theatre with plush red seats, a flip down writing
desk, and a flip up handle for audio plug in for translation on every seat -
very plush. However, the auxiliary room was just a room with a projector and no
translation facilities. All presentations there were in Italian, so we will have
to wait for the Proceedings to be published to know what was said. The
Proceedings should have been ready for us to pick up, but they weren't, and we
are still waiting for them to arrive by mail.
Topics covered included ozone therapy and its effects on :
- biological, toxicological and clinical aspects
- erythrocyte biochemical properties
- arterial occlusive disease
- hemoglobin oxygen affinity
- phlebopathic ulcus
- lymphocytes and DNA
- microcirculation
- diabetes
- ulcers
- lesions
- penile fibrosis
- erectile dysfunction
- cancer
- badly-healing wounds
- cosmetology
- pain
- applications with ozonated oil
- infections of all types
- HIV
- sports
- herniated discs
- spinal degeneration
- macular degeneration
- central nervous system
- dementia
- forensics
- others listed only in Italian
For us, the two highlights were Saturday's final presentations :
- a paper presented by Prof. Bocci showing that the plastic bags used for
autohemotherapy shed up to 10,000 particles of plastic when ozone comes into
contact with them. Prof. Bocci proposed that all autohemotherapy be done only
with glass flasks, as it was done before the plastic bags came on the scene. He
was engaged in a heated debate by some of the attendees who, it seemed, did not
want to change back to the old glass flasks, for reasons of cost, it appeared.
- a paper presented by Dr. Borelli on the use of our steam sauna for ozone
application. The results showed that, basically, the effects were quite similar
to that produced by other ozone protocols, with increases in the oxygen content
of the blood and stimulation of interleukin production (an immune system
marker). In summary, the suggestion was made that this might be an effective
biological response modifier in vascular diseases, chronic viral diseases and
metastatic cancer. Another vigorous discussion broke out after this paper was
presented, from basically the same old guard that were opposed, it seemed, to
any changes in the status quo. Prof. Bocci joined in with a vigorous defense of
new approaches and the necessity of keeping an open mind, and some of the
attendees agreed. The exchanges lasted for some time, with considerable
acrimony, until finally the discussion was ended.
The next day we took the train to Venice and spent a lovely day walking in the
sunshine in the grand old city of merchants, visiting the glass works and
walking in St. Mark's Square and along the canals. Great city, in the middle of
a lake, fabulous architecture, sculpture, paintings and lots of tourists. We had
a spaghetti and bread and wine lunch at a canal-side bistro and watched the
crowds. It was like a mini Mardi Gras. Definitely recommended!
The titles of some the papers presented were:
"Attempts to Understand Biological, Toxicological and Clinical Aspects of OzoneTherapy"
"Prolonged Ozone Therapy Modifies Some Biological Properties of the Erythrocyte"
"Effects of Low Level Ozone on Human Blood Constituents"
"Free Radical generation in Blood Samples with Ozonation in Vitro"
"Biochemical Aspects From Ozone Reaction with Target Molecules"
"Biochemical Mechanisms in Medical ozone Application"
"Ozone in Arterial Occlusive Diseases"
"Ozone Does Not Cause an Increase of Molecular Damage of Red Cell Wall"
"Influence of Ozone on Hemoglobin Oxygen Affinity in Peripheral Vascular Disease
(PVD)"
"Evaluation of DNA Damage in Lymphocytes of Ozone Treated Atherosclerotic
Patients"
"Ozone Therapy and Microcirculation in Lower Limb Diseases"
"Influence of Ozone on Blood Plasma in Vitro in Diabetics with PVD"
"Ozone Therapy in the Treatment of Martorell's Leg Ulcers"
"Cicatrization of Chronic Lesions"
"Local Ozone Therapy in Leg Vein Ulcers"
"Ozone Therapy for Cutaneous Lesions"
"Laser and Ozone Combined Treatment for Penile Fibrosis"
"Viagra and Ozone Therapy for Vascular Erectile Dysfunction"
"Ozone, Oxygen and Cancer"
"Ozone in Antalgic Therapy for 15 Years"
"Topical Ozone Treatments for Badly Healing Wounds"
"Collateral Effects of Major Autohemotherapy"
"Ozone and Pain"
"Ozone Therapy for Facial Wrinkles"
"Evaluation of AHT in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)"
"Ozone Therapy for AMD"
"Dementia Affected by Ozone Therapy"
"Ozone Therapy for Neurological Pathologies"
"Ozone Therapy for Disk Hernia"
"Ozone Therapy for Back Discal Deformations and Disc-Root Conflicts"
"Ozone Therapy for Low Back Pain After Surgery"
"Ozone Therapy in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation"
"Ozone Therapy for Femur-Rotular Condromalacia"
"Inhibition of IL-8 by Intra-Articular Ozone Injection in Rheumatoid Arthritis"
"Treatment of Spinal Degenerative Diseases with Ozone"
"Ozone Therapy in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Hernia"
"Ozone Discolysis for Lumbar Disc Herniation"
"Intradiscal Injection of Ozone for Migrated Disc Fragments"
"Anesthetic Procedures for Ozone Discolysis"
"MAHT for Sheep"
"MAHT for Patients"
"Ozone Therapy for Central Nervous System Diseases"
"Ozonated Oils: Fundamentals and Applications"
"Topical ozone : Fundamental Aspects, Active Mechanisms and Case Reports"
"Antimicrobial Action of Ozone on P. Aeruginosa"
"Antimicrobial Action of Ozone in Vitro"
"Ozone as a Prophylactic Agent in Lethal Sepsis of Postoperative Peritonitis"
"Ozone Therapy for Osteomyelitis of the Jaw"
"Ozone for Chronic Obstructive Broncho-pneumopathy"
"MAHT for HIV"
"MAHT for Hepatitis C"
"Ozone Therapy for Prostatitis"
"Muscle pO2 Modification by Ozone Therapy"
"Tumor pO2 modification by Hyperbaric Ozone Therapy"
"Local Ozone Therapy for Scarring in Cancer Patients"
"Treating Chronic IBS with Ozone Therapy"
"Ozone in Sports"
"Ozone and Occupational Disease in a Rowing Man"
"Proposal for a New Methodology for Safe AHT"
"Quasi-Total Body Exposure to ozone in a Sauna Cabinet" (using Plasmafire
Sonnet)
There were many more studies in Italian that were untranslated and I cannot
list. We are hoping that we will get the proceedings from the Congress, but as
time passes, we are beginning to wonder if they will ever be forthcoming.
Best of Health!
Saul Pressman