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A Super Interesting Difference Between Men and Women

Female Health, Medical Reports, Soul Healing / By Laura Koniver, MD

A very interesting study looked at how our heart responds to mental stress. Turns out, there is a very key difference between the way a woman’s heart responds to stress and the way a man’s heart responds. Mental stress is well known to trigger cardiac changes (as I go into more detail on below…) but so far, no study had looked out a difference between the sexes. Today’s study, published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology on Dec. 21, 2017, showed definitively that there is an incredible difference between how a woman’s cardiovascular system responds to mental stress […]

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Mar 26 2018

Yet Another Study Gives Survival Advantage To Overweight, Not Underweight

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

Well I thought this would be the perfect medical article to blog about this week, as many of us tuck into eating huge delicious Thanksgiving holiday meals! If you are going to eat, don’t make those calories laden with guilt and remorse and negative thinking. As you can read in one of my previous blog posts, fat shaming physically harms your health. Don’t allow shame over food choices or weight to ruin your well being. Release the negative thinking and just enjoy what you eat. To help with that, here is a recently published medical study

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Nov 20 2017

How Sleep Affects Your Heart Health

Grounding, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Last week I shared with you a study that shows even a small decrease in sleep, as little as one hour less of sleep, dramatically increases your risk of mood disturbances (anxiety, depression, hopelessness.) This week is the last on my series focusing in on sleep… and this one is important too. Turns out, your heart’s health is immediately impacted by your sleep. The Study (published in Hypertension on June 6, 2016): researchers looked at 26 healthy young adults (with no cardiac risk factors or history of cardiac disease) and compared their heart function during sessions of unrestricted

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May 8 2017

Emotional Stress Directly Predicts Heart Attack… 10 Ways To Prevent It

Grounding, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Finally, a medical study explains why there is a direct correlation between stress and heart attack. It turns out, increased brain activity in the area of emotional processing (the amygdala) directly increases the risk of cardiovascular events. This study is the first to show that increased amygdala activity in humans strongly predicts cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack and angina. The amygdala is responsible for processing emotions, survival instincts and memory. That about sums up how stress feels: it’s an increased emotional load, a feeling of being overwhelmed when trying to navigate the situation, and traumatic memories

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Mar 20 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

How To Heal Your Heart

Healing Artwork, Intuitive Medicine, Soul Healing / By Laura Koniver, MD

â€œYour task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.â€ — Rumi Physically we have a heart to pump blood and deliver oxygen and nutrition to every part of our body. It is absolutely critical to life. The heart’s function is to work together to deliver the *energy* of blood to our entire organism. But what is the one thing your heart needs in order to function effectively? Flexibility. Your heart’s strength is

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Feb 11 2013

A Super Interesting Difference Between Men and Women

Yet Another Study Gives Survival Advantage To Overweight, Not Underweight

How Sleep Affects Your Heart Health

Emotional Stress Directly Predicts Heart Attack… 10 Ways To Prevent It

Back To School Special: The Latest Medical Studies On ADHD

Prevent A Fatal Heart Attack Naturally

How To Heal Your Heart

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