Female Health

4 Ways To Help A Friend In Crisis

I just said goodbye to my parents. They drove completely unexpectedly 9 hours straight down to my home to be with me in my time of need. They stayed a full week, took care of my children and I with love, humor, devotion and loyalty.   I love my parents so much. They are a shining example of what a strong, 45+ year marriage can be and a beacon of light in a very troubling time in my own life.     A strong long term marriage is something I’m so appreciative that my parents can model for my own …

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Headache and Migraine: why we get ’em and what to do about it.

I have another health video for you today!   I’m still on my mission to decrease health anxiety around the world in as many people as I possibly can. Today I’m going to do this by giving you a deeper understanding of headache and migraine and reduce your stress over getting your next one… …as well as 4 AWESOME things you can do to make a huge impact on the number of headaches/migraines you get.   I’d love to know your thoughts on this and answer any lingering questions you might have in the comments below… xoxoxox, Laura [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6AueR3OGY0]

Studies Prove: Long Term Health Is NOT About Exercising Hard

  For years physicians have been recommending an exercise program for cardiometabolic health. Well… turns out it’s not really about the intensity of the exercise.   Several landmark studies have come out in the past few months revealing that it’s not how strenuously you exercise that matters. In fact, it doesn’t matter if you “exercise” at all.   What matters, both in cardiovascular health and in cancer prognosis, among other parameters… is how often you just get up and move around. Answer this… what do you think is healthier? Do you think it is better to:   Hit the gym …

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5 Important Updates in Female Health

1. A new study just published in the January 2013 issue of Maturitas revealed that urinary incontinence (UI) does not go hand in hand with menopause.   Although conventional medical wisdom has often stated that urinary incontinence has an onset at (or worsening of symptoms at) menopause, a recently published metanalysis of the medical literature doesn’t support this now out-dated thinking.   Researchers looked at over 450 studies in the medical literature and found that there was no link between menopause and onset or severity of urinary incontinence.   This is so important for us to understand as women, because: …

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Fibromyalgia Relief Right NOW

Since so many women in my practice are affected by fibromyalgia, I’m going to blog about it today with a tribute to the energetic dynamic behind this disease… because shoulder tension is something that is personal for me. What can you do energetically to release fibromyalgia flares? Read on:     I carry all of my tension in my neck and shoulders. Painful trigger points, tension headaches, tenderness in my upper back and neck so strong that at times I can’t even wear a bathing suit or a sports bra or a ponytail, or anything pulling on my neck at …

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Chronic tension sucks. 9 ideas to help…

  A great foundation to decrease chronic tension in your body includes: fish oil supplementation to decrease inflammation in your muscles grounding and connecting to the earth to decrease over all inflammation and muscle tension getting extra sleep (10+ hours a night!) and use of melatonin or tryptophan if needed to help this sleep reach deeper, restorative levels yoga and daily stretching acupuncture to increase energy flow through your body and support releasing tension, reducing pain massage to neutralize trigger points   If a weekly massage is not in your budget or can’t fit into your busy lifestyle, you can …

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The Most IMPORTANT Thing You Will EVER Read About Your Weight.

  Here it is.   This is not something you are going to hear from your regular doc. But it is so so important and you should know it and *feel* this truth: You do NOT need to lose weight… not even one single pound…unless you are morbidly obese. If you are overweight, you actually have LESS risk for dying then someone in the ideal weight category.   And if you are mildly obese, up to BMI of 35%, you have a death rate that is exactly the same as peeps in the “ideal weight” category (check out the chart …

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