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Immune Boosting Recommendations Part 1: Prevention

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

As the world watches the spread of the Coronavirus with great intensity, I wanted to give you an overview of the very latest in the medical literature on how to distinguish the coronavirus from the flu and offer some strategies to reduce transmission of both. So today I offer you, Coronavirus FAQs: 1. Is the coronavirus spread the same way that the flu is spread? Transmission of both viruses comes from the inhalation of droplets while talking, spreading through respiratory transmission from person to person. The flu has been shown to be transmitted …

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Feb 17 2020

A Sincere Thank You To Mothers & Caretakers Everywhere

Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

It was Mother’s Day weekend and mine, like all mom’s everywhere, was totally hectic and full of activity and slightly organized chaos. And I loved it. My firstborn child, my daughter, love of my life, is headed off to college at the end of this summer… so you better believe I am just soaking in every second. Today, in honor of mothers, parents, grandparents, stepparents, guardians and caretakers everywhere, I want to share with you 9 things you can do to boost the health of your children… protecting their wellness for a lifetime. 9 Ways …

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May 13 2019

Sick Of Getting Sick? Double Check You Are Doing These 8 Things

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

In a huge meta-analysis, published recently (May 3, 2016 in JAMA) researchers found that up to 70% of antibiotics prescribed during a two year period were actually inappropriate prescriptions. This is a hugely important study, because with the recent exponential rise of antibiotic resistant infections, each and every use of antibiotics absolutely MUST be warranted. When we truly *do* need to use antibiotics (and they can save lives, make no mistake about that) we need them to WORK. Add on to that the unnecessary chemical load to the body and the potential side effects, both annoying and deadly serious, that …

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Oct 31 2016

8 Effective Ways You Can Avoid The Flu

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

There are a few key things you can do right now to boost your immune system and decrease your chances of getting any and ALL viral illnesses this fall and winter. The goal here is to have such a strong and healthy enough immune system in place that it doesn’t matter if you sit next to someone who has the flu on the bus… …it doesn’t matter if you turn a doorknob right after someone who has a stomach bug touched it… … it doesn’t matter if you are in line and the person in front …

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Nov 2 2015

How I Felt My Way Through A Crisis

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

This blog post is a long one. An intimate one. One where I share exactly how I found my way towards Well Being and how YOU CAN TOO. The blog post was inspired by a video I shared on my FB page that got a hugely positive response. Healing isn’t something that most people talk about. Most people talk about disease, treatments, techniques, supplements, prescriptions, operations, adjustments, herbs… all things that counter balance and treat disease. There are sooooo many options out there, and ALL OF THEM can lead you to a healing path — all of them — …

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Oct 13 2014

8 Proactive Ways To Protect Against Ebola

Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

You’ve likely heard that the very first US Ebola patient died this early this morning. And if you are like most people, this brings up some underlying anxiety about health in general, epidemics, and communicable illness. I’ve seen enough tweets, FB posts, and gotten enough concerned emails in my inbox that I thought I would release a special blog post to help give you a bunch of positive, protective things you can do RIGHT NOW to proactively feel empowered, instead of worried. My collegue Dr. Sinatra (who appeared alongside me in the documentary The Grounded and the …

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Oct 8 2014

Sneak a peek into the world’s first Earthing children’s book!

Grounding, Healing Artwork, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Whew! This is a corner of my crazy office right now… between patient care and painting my children’s book illustrations I’m feeling quite busy, but joyfully so. I’m painting the final pages of my third children’s picture book… this one’s all about how to support your child’s natural healing powers through earthing. As I talked about on Monday, earthing can do some awesome things! You are sure to be hearing a LOT more about earthing in the upcoming year — more studies coming out on it’s ability to heal a variety of illnesses and chronic conditions, as well as …

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Sep 26 2012

Immune Boosting Recommendations Part 1: Prevention

A Sincere Thank You To Mothers & Caretakers Everywhere

Sick Of Getting Sick? Double Check You Are Doing These 8 Things

8 Effective Ways You Can Avoid The Flu

How I Felt My Way Through A Crisis

8 Proactive Ways To Protect Against Ebola

Sneak a peek into the world’s first Earthing children’s book!

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