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The Fourth Leading Cause Of Death: Your Medicine Cabinet?

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

I just returned from a medical conference where I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Ankur Patel, MD present on the risk of taking multiple medications. I was shocked to hear : that adverse drug interactions is the 4th leading cause of death in the United States, and someone dies from a drug interaction every 5 minutes in the United States alone. that if you are on 5 or more Rx medications, your risk of an adverse drug reaction is 58% that if you are on 7 or more Rx medications, your risk of an adverse drug reaction …

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Nov 6 2023

Antidepressants Increase Risk Of Death… Luckily There Are Incredibly Powerful Alternatives That Work

Healthy Mindframe, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

No doubt antidepressants can be life saving to those in a major depressive episode, and I am absolutely not suggesting that those on an antidepressant should discontinue use. But I do think it’s important to highlight new information about how antidepressants are affecting the health of your entire body… not just brain function. While antidepressant use can be supportive to healthy mood, they are also affecting everything from your circulatory system to your cancer risk. And… on top of that… there are incredibly powerful holistic ways to treat depression that are medically proven to work even BETTER than antidepressants …

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Oct 2 2017

Sleep Increases Your Recovery From Depression

Chakra Health, Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

A new medical study shows what we can all intuitively feel — — that when we are in a depression, we truly need deep, restorative sleep to recover. It’s okay to sleep more when feeling depressed — in fact, a recent study released in June 2017 showed that patients who were medically treated for depression but did not sleep well were three times less likely to actually recover from depression. And sleeping 7 hours or more nightly actually tripled the rates of full remission in depression. Here’s more: The Study: (presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of …

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Aug 21 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

Tylenol Found to Worsen Asthma

Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Here is one of my newer works of art… a mixed media collage I created out of my old medical school anatomy book. I call it A New Rx and after you read this post today, I think you’ll be agreeing it’s time for a change in plans. Man. I do greatly prefer revealing the positive side of holistic and natural healthcare and focusing on the good news to be found among the medical literature. But occasionally I come across something that I really want my peeps to KNOW and I want to be sure the this information gets out …

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May 21 2012

Inspiration Wednesday… Your New Rx

Healing Artwork / By Laura Koniver, MD

You know all those prescription commercials you see on TV? The ones where they have some actor smile and say how much better they feel on a certain medication? And then the actor walks along a glistening beach playing fetch with her dog while some slick, fast speaking man says things like “side effects include, but are not limited to: rash, headache, nausea, diarrhea, infection, depression, mental status change, stroke, heart attack, or death. Do not take this drug while taking any other drug. Do not use this drug if you are pregnant, nursing, laying down, standing up, living, …

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Mar 14 2012

The Fourth Leading Cause Of Death: Your Medicine Cabinet?

Antidepressants Increase Risk Of Death… Luckily There Are Incredibly Powerful Alternatives That Work

Sleep Increases Your Recovery From Depression

Back To School Special: The Latest Medical Studies On ADHD

Tylenol Found to Worsen Asthma

Inspiration Wednesday… Your New Rx

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