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Prevent Diabetes with Magnesium Supplementation

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Several recent studies suggest that a high intake of magnesium can cut your risk of developing diabetes in half! Prediabetes (fasting glucose in the 100 – 125 mg/dL range) has been thought to progress almost invariably to diabetes without major lifestyle changes in diet, activity level and even sometime prescription drug intervention. But is there a natural supplement that might actually help prevent Type 2 Diabetes? Several studies answer with a resounding *YES*! We know that magnesium and insulin are linked together — insulin helps transport magnesium into the cells for use in glucose metabolism… and in turn, magnesium […]

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Jul 5 2016

Pets Decrease Asthma Risk

Organic Lifestyle, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Since Mother’s Day was yesterday, today let’s talk about an important medical study that parents need to be aware of. You’ve probably heard that exposure to dirt in childhood is an essential part of boosting immunity and decreasing future allergies… …but did you know the same is true for animals? It’s true. Early exposure to dogs and farm animals (during the first year of life) statistically significantly decreased the development of asthma in children 5+ years later. Published on November 2, 2015 in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers found that exposure to animals decreases future development of asthma, a very

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May 9 2016

Autism Linked To Low Levels Of This Brain Chemical…

Medical Reports, Positive Parenting / By Laura Koniver, MD

Published December 17, 2015 in Current Biology, a new study finds and association between Autism and decreased action of GABA in the brain. GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter that is calming to the brain. It helps to down regulate brain activity and it’s absence has long been associated with seizure disorders. After noting that a striking number of patients with autism have seizures, researchers looked into GABA activity in autistic individuals. Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy, researchers found an absence of inhibitory signaling in the brain while participating in activities that normally activate GABA pathways. The severity of the deficit

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Apr 4 2016

Low Vit D Linked To Increase In Dementia And Broken Bones (You Can Prevent It)

Female Health, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Low vitamin D levels are associated with a substantial acceleration of memory loss and cognitive decline, a new study shows. Published Sept 14, 2015 in JAMA Neurology, researchers looked at baseline vitamin D levels and mental status change in over 380 adults (average age 75 years old.) Here is what they found: 35% of participants were vit D insufficient. Average vit D levels were lowest among participants found to have dementia (average levels were 16 ng/mL — goal vit D levels are 40 ng/mL or higher according to the Vitamin D Council.) Followed for almost 5 years,

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Feb 1 2016

Good Moods Are Contagious In Teens (And Prevents Depression)

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

As I blogged about last week… mood is not just something that colors our day. Our moods actually make a huge difference in our projected lifespan… this is now a medical fact! On the heels of that study, yet another study was published just last month (August 19, 2015 in the Proc Biol Science) revealing that a positive mood among teens is not only “contagious” and spreads among peers… … but is also associated with enhanced recovery from depression and decreased future risk of depression. And even better, the reverse is not true: depressed mood does not appear to

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Oct 5 2015

Medical Proof That Spirituality Matters

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

A recent medical study looked at the effect of spirituality and religion on quality of life in cancer patients. Participants could be spiritual, religious, both or none. Scientists wanted to look at what effect, if any, spirituality and religiosity had on patient outcomes, and if being religious worked synergistically with spirituality or independently from it. Over 550 patients were entered into this study, all were cancer patients undergoing treatment for various cancers… these patients were followed for one year and were assessed for quality of life. Turns out, religious patients had better quality of life if they

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Jul 20 2015

Three Medically Proven Ways To Save Your Brain

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

A study recently released in Frontiers In Psychology on Jan 21, 2015 shows that meditation may actually slow age-related brain atrophy. Long-term meditators, examined under MRI imaging, were found to have less gray matter loss WIDESPREAD throughout the brain, when compared to controls who did not meditate. This is the largest study to date looking at effects of mediation on the brain! The details: 50 men and women who were long-term meditators were compared with matched controls of the exact same sex and age, but who did not meditate at all. The participants were all imaged using the

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Mar 30 2015

Prevent Diabetes with Magnesium Supplementation

Pets Decrease Asthma Risk

Autism Linked To Low Levels Of This Brain Chemical…

Low Vit D Linked To Increase In Dementia And Broken Bones (You Can Prevent It)

Good Moods Are Contagious In Teens (And Prevents Depression)

Medical Proof That Spirituality Matters

Three Medically Proven Ways To Save Your Brain

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