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Autism Linked To Celiac Disease. What To Do If Your Child Has Symptoms

Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

A new study confirms what you might already know if your child is on the autism spectrum… …there is a huge association between celiac disease and autism. Up until now, mainstream media strongly denied any link between celiac disease and autism. Studies that were done looking at this link back in 2013 came up inconclusive. But if you are working with a physician or support group that still doesn’t recognize a significant link between the two, and are ignoring your child’s symptoms, it’s because they are working with outdated data from old studies. A new study, the largest …

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Jul 30 2018

5 Ways To Decrease Risk Of Autism, ADHD and More, Before Your Child Is Even Born

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Today I want to share with you some quick and easy recommendations to protect the health of your children, based directly off of the exciting new medical research that’s being conducted right now on Autism and ADHD. 5 Holistic Ways To Decrease Your Baby’s Risk Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 1. Take Vit D: In a study published in the Journal of Psychiatry on Sept 30, 2016, researchers found that the lower the Vitamin D concentration in cord blood carried a significantly higher risk of ADHD in childhood. Every 10 nmol/L increase in cord blood Vit D concentration offered an …

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Jan 15 2018

Childhood Trauma Increases Risk Of Self Harm. Here’s Help.

Healthy Mindframe, Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Children who are maltreated in any way — physically, sexually or emotionally — are more likely to inflict self injury to their body later in life. And it’s important to note, if your child has suffered any of these types of traumas — even if they are not depressed or suicidal — this study still applies. Researchers found that children who were maltreated but had no suicidal ideation were still over three times more likely to harm themselves as peers who were not abused, a new study published Nov 28, 2017 in Lancet Psychiatry finds. So be kind …

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Jan 8 2018

Hand Sanitizers Linked To Thyroid Cancer — Here’s Your Safer Alternative

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Thyroid disorders affect 20 million Americans alone… and metabolic and growth issues affect countless more. How many of you use hand sanitizers at least occasionally to clean your hands? Turns out, this is a problem for our thyroid glands. And not just for women… in fact, the hormone disruption that hand sanitizers have on our bodies is three times more devastating to men! We’ve known for a long time that the chemicals in hand sanitizers are unhealthy, and also drying and irritating to skin. Unfortunately a new study now links them to cancer… raising (even tripling!) your risk of thyroid …

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Apr 24 2017

Improving Gut Flora = Huge Benefits In Autism

Healthy Mindframe, Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

I’ve already written extensively about the power of the gut-mind axis and how probiotics have been able to dramatically support brain function, treating everything from mood disorders to cognition. One study showed depression improved when participants received probiotic supplements for 30 days, and another study reported clinically significant improvement in mood when participants ate probiotic-containing yogurt for 3 weeks. Yet another study showed that participants with chronic fatigue syndrome who consumed probiotics three times a day reported significantly less anxiety compared to those who did not. Another study assessed cognitive performance, mood, memory, acute stress (both subjectively …

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Apr 3 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

OCD May Stem From Birth Trauma

Healthy Mindframe, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports, Positive Parenting, Uncategorized / By Laura Koniver, MD

A new study (published in JAMA Psychiatry Oct 5, 2016) reveals that the more stressful the birth is on the baby, the higher the risk that baby has for developing Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) decades later. Children who were born prematurely and children who experienced stress during delivery both had statistically significant increases in the rates of developing OCD during adolescence and young adulthood. Stressful birth circumstances included: maternal smoking during pregnancy, cesarean section delivery, preterm birth, low APGAR scores, unusually low or high birth weight, breech presentation at labor and more. The Study: Researchers looked at a 2.4 …

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Jan 30 2017

Autism Linked To Celiac Disease. What To Do If Your Child Has Symptoms

5 Ways To Decrease Risk Of Autism, ADHD and More, Before Your Child Is Even Born

Childhood Trauma Increases Risk Of Self Harm. Here’s Help.

Hand Sanitizers Linked To Thyroid Cancer — Here’s Your Safer Alternative

Improving Gut Flora = Huge Benefits In Autism

ADHD Raises Suicide Risk More Than Depression Does

OCD May Stem From Birth Trauma

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