Career
Willner described himself as originally an "orthodox" physician who slowly transitioned to alternative medicine, particularly following his wife"s 1978 struggle with cancer chemotherapy. In 1995, Willner asserted that "I am convinced you can prevent all disease with diet, lifestyle changes, sanitation."
Willner"s Florida medical license was suspended in 1990 following a Florida Board of Medicine ruling that Willner had made inappropriate medical claims for food products. On October 14, 1993, in a press conference at Arrecife de Lanzarote, Spain, Willner jabbed his finger with blood from Pedro Tocino, hemophilia patient who tested Human Immunodeficiency Virus positive after factor VIII transfusions.
The book was published shortly after Willner"s medical license was revoked for, among other things, treating an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome patient with ozone therapy.
The following month, on October 28, 1994, in a press conference at a Greensboro, North Carolina hotel, Willner jabbed his finger with blood he said was from an Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected patient. Willner died on April 15, 1995, of heart attack.
