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6 Ways You Can Do To Make Spending Time In The Sun Safer, Do You Know Them All?

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

This spring, I’d love to encourage you to move as many of your indoor activities outside as possible, and if you missed it, this blog post on 10 activites you should definitly be doing outside will help give you ideas for that! This brings up concerns about skin cancer and photo aging effects from sun exposure â€” but don’t let that stop you from going outside. Here’s why: A large medical study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine found that folks who avoided sun exposure actually had a shorter life span… with a decreased life expectancy …

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Apr 25 2022

Background Noise Costs You More Than Just Your Peace & Quiet

Healthy Mindframe, Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Chronic background noise doesn’t just irritate you… it actually impacts your long term health. By more than you think! Chronic levels of noise found frequently in modern society have been shown to significantly increase your risk of heart attack, heart disease, heart failure, stroke, even atrial fibrillation. Not to mention upping your risk for insomnia, a huge health crisis in-and-of itself! And it doesn’t stop there. Not only is chronic noise increasing your blood pressure, increasing inflammation in your arteries leading to heart attack and stroke, but it’s also increasing your risk of metabolic diseases and …

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Mar 22 2021

Largest Study On Cell Phone Radiation, Here’s What You Need To Know

Electrosensitivity, Grounding, Health Videos, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

The largest ever, to date, live animal study on the effects of cell phone radiation was just released by the National Institutes of Health this past March, and you absolutely must be aware of the results. In today’s article, I’m going to outline what researchers found in vivo studies, and I’m also going to list for you some actionable things you can do to reduce your exposure. I’ve also created a printable checklist that you can freely share with all of your loved ones, so that they can easily print out the recommendations and have them …

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May 14 2018

Short Sleep Can Double Mortality… The Latest Research + How To Get That Extra Hour Of Life Saving Sleep

Grounding, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

I’m a big advocate for the importance of sleep, and have written these articles for you over the past year or two on how important sleep is: How Sleep Affects Your Heart Health Missing Just One Hour Of Sleep Skyrockets Your Risk Of Depression, Anxiety Sleep Increases Your Recovery From Depression Sleep: An Easy Way To Prevent Asthma Sleep A Key Factor In ADHD Sleep Dramatically Impacts Your Weight Poor Sleep Equals Weight Gain, Even For Children Poor Sleep Linked to Alzheimers: 9 Ways To Fix It. And now we can add a few more reasons to get a …

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Oct 23 2017

ADHD Raises Suicide Risk More Than Depression Does

Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

A new study (published Sept 19, 2016 in Pediatrics) found that children who die by suicide are more likely to have been diagnosed with ADHD than with depression. The Study: A national database tracked violent deaths from 2003 to 2012 in 17 different states During the study period, there were 693 early childhood suicides The results: Children aged 5 to 11 years old who died by suicide were more likely to have been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD than with depression. Almost 60% of suicide victims were diagnosed with ADHD, compared to only 33% having been diagnosed with depression. …

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Feb 6 2017

Back To School Special: The Latest Medical Studies On ADHD

Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Recently published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) on May 31, 2016… …researchers found that the stimulant methylphenidate (commonly prescribed for children to treat ADHD: Ritalin, Daytrana, Concerta) increases the risk of cardiac arrhythmias. It’s back-to-school time… a time when children are often diagnosed and treated for ADHD (average age of diagnosis of ADHD: 7 years old.) 11% of the American pediatric population is awarded a diagnosis of ADHD… …with about 6% of all of our children in the United States actively on a Rx medication to treat it. With that many children being medicated, it’s very important …

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Aug 1 2016

Prevent A Fatal Heart Attack Naturally

Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

I’ve blogged before about how important Omega 3 fatty acids are for your brain, increasing brain volume and protecting against dementia… … and I’ve touched on how Omega 3 fatty acids are super hearth healthy after speaking with cardiologist Dr. Sinatra about holistic heart therapies… … but now there is more proof than ever that if you want to protect your longevity, make sure that consuming omega 3 fatty acids is part of your plan. A new study, published on June 25, 2016 in JAMA Internal Medicine, shows that higher levels of Omega 3 fatty acids lowered the …

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Jul 25 2016

6 Ways You Can Do To Make Spending Time In The Sun Safer, Do You Know Them All?

Background Noise Costs You More Than Just Your Peace & Quiet

Largest Study On Cell Phone Radiation, Here’s What You Need To Know

Short Sleep Can Double Mortality… The Latest Research + How To Get That Extra Hour Of Life Saving Sleep

ADHD Raises Suicide Risk More Than Depression Does

Back To School Special: The Latest Medical Studies On ADHD

Prevent A Fatal Heart Attack Naturally

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