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5 Crucial Ways To Support Your Child As They Head Back To School

Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

It’s mid-august, and that means back-to-school season, so the next three blog posts are here to help support your transition to that this time brings. There can be a lot of stress associated with back-to-school season. For some, back-to-school means an increased risk of in person bullying (as well as social media bullying) and scary headlines that include school shootings, piled on top of the normal stressors of navigating growing up and figuring out a career goal and growing from a child’s body into an adult body and all the growing pains in between, as well as […]

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Aug 14 2023

A Mother’s Love Capable of Helping to Protect Your Health As An Adult

Female Health, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

In honor of Mother’s Day this weekend, I want to share with you one of my all time favorite medical studies. It shows how a little TLC from your mom may actually help protect your health, well into adulthood. Published in 2005 in Dialoges in Clinical Neuroscience, researchers found that the how much affection a mommy rat showed to her babies in their first week of life protected them from future stress later on in life — decreasing their stress response and even lowering stress hormone production. Researchers compared two different types of mom rats, separating them

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May 15 2023

Here’s Why I Left Conventional Medicine (I Spill It All In This Interview)

Grounding, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Today I’m sharing an interview with you that I recently had with Kids Who Explore. started by an amazing mama Adrianna Skori who resides in Alberta, Canada. She created Kids Who Explore as a fabulous resource for parents all over the world who want to incorporate nature into their child’s life. I highly recommend exploring her website! There are lots of upcoming events, both locally and virtually, along with a blog and podcast that are both filled with inspirational ideas and tips to get your kids connecting with nature. The company has the mission of “allowing nature

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Nov 8 2021

How To Protect Your Teens From EMF Exposures

Electrosensitivity, Organic Lifestyle, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Today I made a video for you to answer one of my most frequently asked questions: How can I protect my teenager from all the radiation they are exposed to? These tips aren’t just applicable to teens, but would work well with anyone that seems a little resistant to (or even openly defiant about, lol!) considering that EMFs are harmful to our body’s health. With plans for 5G being implemented throughout our nation (and the globe) and our loved one’s exposures increasing dramatically, any little thing you can do to get them to understand that these exposures come with

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Dec 16 2019

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

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

Teens Who Eat Fruit Lower Their Breast Cancer Risk

Female Health, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

A new study reveals that teens who eat 3 servings of fruit a day have a 25% decreased risk of breast cancer as an adult, compared to teens who eat less than one serving of fruit a day. Published in the BMJ on May 11, 2016, this study shows that fruit has a preventive effect in preventing breast cancer and that specifically consuming fruit as an adolescent is even more important than consuming them as an adult. The Study: Researchers examined date from over 90,000 premenopausal female patients (ages 27 – 44 years old) Over 44,000 patients reported

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Feb 27 2017

5 Crucial Ways To Support Your Child As They Head Back To School

A Mother’s Love Capable of Helping to Protect Your Health As An Adult

Here’s Why I Left Conventional Medicine (I Spill It All In This Interview)

How To Protect Your Teens From EMF Exposures

A Sincere Thank You To Mothers & Caretakers Everywhere

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

Teens Who Eat Fruit Lower Their Breast Cancer Risk

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