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Insomnia? 6 Unusual But Effective Ways To Deepen Your Sleep Tonight

Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

In the northern hemisphere, we are deep in the heart of winter… …it’s the darkest time of the year and the perfect time to catch up and fully repair any sleep deficit you have built up throughout the year. You absolutely, 100% ***NEED*** deep, restorative sleep! This is very important work. Make the time to DEEPLY SLEEP right now, when winter is gently urging you to hibernate. And even if you are in summertime in your part of the world, use this reminder to check in with your sleep habits and make sure you are supporting your health through …

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Jan 4 2016

Walking and Cancer Recovery: A Crucial Connection

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

I’ve already blogged about how walking — just walking! — has been medically found to support cancer recovery better than any chemotherapeutic agent we have currently available. And now, just released in 2015, the first meta-analysis looking at the effects of walking on sleep in cancer patients. Sleep disorders are very common during cancer treatment and recovery with many patients reporting daily sleep disturbances which in turn affect physical function, healing, mood, energy levels, and quality of life. Although it is well know that exercise has been shown to improve sleep due to boosted immune response, core body …

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Jul 6 2015

Holistic Help For Adrenal Fatigue

Female Health, Health Videos, Healthy Weight, Intuitive Medicine / By Laura Koniver, MD

Today I have a video for you about one of the most common reasons patients seek holistic medical care: ADRENAL FATIGUE That’s because in conventional medicine there still is no official diagnosis of adrenal fatigue, yet it is a very very real thing. If you have been through any kind of recent stressful situation or big life transition or change (even fun, positive ones!) chances are your adrenals could use some TLC. In under 5 minutes I’m going to share with you exactly what adrenal fatigue feels like and 3 absolutely CRUCIAL ways to address it. Without using these …

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Jun 8 2015

Sleep A Key Factor In ADHD

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

On the heels of last week’s blog post that named deep sleep as one of the top 3 ways to preserve your brain volume… a new study has recently revealed that good sleep helps with ADHD as well! Sleep problems have long been considered a hallmark of ADHD… leading to reduced quality of life, reduced level of functioning and reduced school attendance. A study, recently published on January 20, 2015 in the British Medical Journal, has found that even a simple, brief sleep intervention with ADHD children provides lasting benefits that lead to improved sleep and decreased ADHD symptoms. …

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Apr 6 2015

Restorative Sleep… 6 Important Techinques To Get Rid Of Your Sleep Deficit For Good (video)

Health Videos, Healthy Mindframe, Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

You absolutely, 100% ***NEED*** deep, restorative sleep! It’s non-negotiable… poor sleep causes: memory impairment shorter life span: decrease response time + decreased motor skills = increased risk of accidents weight gain anxiety and other debilitating mood disturbances dementia and an increased incidence of Alzheimers widespread brain atrophy and much much more!!! For example, a recent study (published in Neurology on Sept 3, 2104) found a widespread change in brain volume with poor sleep over time. Researchers looked at 147 people and followed them (using MRI imaging) to look at the effects of poor sleep on the brain. …

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Jan 26 2015

Sleep Dramatically Impacts Your Weight

Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

I’m re-posting this important medical study I blogged about last year, because it came up during an interview that I just gave on BlogTalkRadio two weeks ago… …and I realized that so many folks still don’t know how dramatically lack of sleep can affect weight! A study published in SLEEP last July found that folks gained a significant amount of weight after only 5 days of poor sleep. Previous studies have shown a link between poor sleep and weight gain, but this is the first study where participants slept in-house in a sleep facility and the …

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Aug 25 2014

Winter Checklist: 6 Ways To Feel Your Best All Winter Long

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

Once again, it’s time to post a winter checklist of all the things I have pulled together over the years to keep me feeling my best during the darkest month of the year. With Winter Solstice last weekend and Christmas, Kwanzaa and Winter Holidays this week… this is the perfect time to make sure we are doing all we can to feel our best and slow down and care for our inner spark while the world sleeps on around us. It’s okay to take these winter months slower, to tend to our inner needs more, and to make sure …

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Dec 23 2013

Insomnia? 6 Unusual But Effective Ways To Deepen Your Sleep Tonight

Walking and Cancer Recovery: A Crucial Connection

Holistic Help For Adrenal Fatigue

Sleep A Key Factor In ADHD

Restorative Sleep… 6 Important Techinques To Get Rid Of Your Sleep Deficit For Good (video)

Sleep Dramatically Impacts Your Weight

Winter Checklist: 6 Ways To Feel Your Best All Winter Long

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