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Pets Boost Your Health For A Lifetime

Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

From childhood throughout our entire adult life and elderly years, owning a pet gives us a a significant health boost that lasts a lifetime. Here’s what the medical literature has to say about why caring for an animal just might be one of the best things you can do to protect your health over a lifetime. 1. Childhood: You’ve probably heard that exposure to dirt in childhood is an essential part of boosting immunity and decreasing future allergies… but did you know the same is true for animals? Early exposure to dogs and farm animals (during the first …

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Nov 5 2018

A Sense Of Purpose In Life Medically Proven To Help Your Body Stay Younger… 9 Powerful Ways To Do It

Chakra Health, Grounding, Healing Artwork, Health Videos, Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Having a sense of purpose and meaning in life helps to preserve the physical function of your body, as you can probably intuitively feel. The more you feel like you have a reason to get up each day, the more powerful your intention and your presence and your movement will be all day long. But how does this translate over a lifetime of using your body? A new medical study backs up the idea that an intentional, meaningful daily existence translates to a healthier body over a lifetime. The Study (published in JAMA Psychiatry on August 16, 2017): …

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Aug 28 2017

Recovering Memory In Dementia — One Simple Trick

Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle, Soul Healing / By Laura Koniver, MD

New research shows that in Alzheimer’s patients, long term memory can be regained through listening to music! Listening to music that is familiar to the dementia patient from their past reawakens long term memories about who the person is, who their family is, and the context of their life. This has huge implications in quality of living, in social interactions and even in activity levels. If you play music that holds special meaning to a patient experiencing memory loss, you are very likely to help them recover context and depth and recognition in the form of long term memory …

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Jul 18 2016

Low Vit D Linked To Increase In Dementia And Broken Bones (You Can Prevent It)

Female Health, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Low vitamin D levels are associated with a substantial acceleration of memory loss and cognitive decline, a new study shows. Published Sept 14, 2015 in JAMA Neurology, researchers looked at baseline vitamin D levels and mental status change in over 380 adults (average age 75 years old.) Here is what they found: 35% of participants were vit D insufficient. Average vit D levels were lowest among participants found to have dementia (average levels were 16 ng/mL — goal vit D levels are 40 ng/mL or higher according to the Vitamin D Council.) Followed for almost 5 years, …

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Feb 1 2016

Higher Morale, Longer Life Span

Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle, Positive Parenting, Soul Healing / By Laura Koniver, MD

A new study shows that having a sense of optimism about your future actually helps you live longer… much longer! Published March 15, 2015 in Age and Aging, the results are clear: a higher morale leads to a longer life. Researchers looked followed over 645 elderly participants (85 years old and older) for over 5 years using interviews, assessments and home visits, and after adjusting for age, health conditions, mobility, functionality and other variables. Those with higher morale lived on average 5 years longer than their more pessimistic counterparts. If folks who are already 85 years old …

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Sep 28 2015

Anti-Aging… My Top Recommendations

Female Health, Grounding, Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Soul Healing / By Laura Koniver, MD

Recently I got an email from a lovely soul enrolled in my Unlimited Email Plan… …She wanted to know what I recommended for Anti-Aging. Wow… that’s a big topic! So, I thought I’d share some of my approach with you on the blog today in the hopes that you might get a fresh idea or two to incorporate into your day. Generally for anti-aging there are three angles you could focus on: 1 — skin (yes it’s superficial but still important and young skin just feels so lovely!) 2 — body/internal health and 3 — the mind. …

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May 12 2014

Pets Boost Your Health For A Lifetime

A Sense Of Purpose In Life Medically Proven To Help Your Body Stay Younger… 9 Powerful Ways To Do It

Recovering Memory In Dementia — One Simple Trick

Low Vit D Linked To Increase In Dementia And Broken Bones (You Can Prevent It)

Higher Morale, Longer Life Span

Anti-Aging… My Top Recommendations

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