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Sea Salt Spray Heals Diabetic Ulcers

Female Health, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

As I blogged about last week… I love treating skin issues. I love taking care of skin, and I love supporting skin healing. As a physician, skin is like magic to me. In medicine, we see the miracle of skin repair all the time: You can cut it during surgery, and it will grow back together within a week. You can scrape it to take a biopsy, and it will re-establish an intact barrier within days. You can puncture it with a needle, and it will fill back in to stop bleeding within a matter of minutes… sometimes …

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Jul 10 2017

Does Dairy Cause Acne?

Female Health, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

A new medical study takes a look at whether dairy is associated with acne in teens. I love love love skin and eagerly took three times the amount of dermatology training in medical school and internship than my classmates because I find skin so absolutely fascinating. More on that in a minute. But first, this study in particular peaked my interest because I am asked by patients all the time whether dairy is a trigger for acne. The Study (published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology in August 2016): Researchers looked at over 220 …

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Jun 26 2017

Avoiding The Sun Is Actually More Deadly Than Smoking

Grounding, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

A recent article, published in the Journal of Internal Medicine on March 16, 2016, found that folks who avoided sun exposure had a decreased life expectancy, similar to smokers who bathed in the sun. This study looked at almost 30,000 participants (females ages 25 – 64 year old with no history of malignancy) over a span of 20 years. Researchers followed participants for over 20 years and tracked health outcomes and life span. What did they find? Researchers found that even when smoking was factored in, the life span of those who avoided the sun was over 2 …

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Apr 18 2016

Using Deodorant This Summer? Read this first…

Female Health, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Well, it’s closing in on summertime. That means it’s time to blog about on of my favorite, holistic ways to get prepped for summer… tackling armpit odor! I hate having any armpit funk. But I FINALLY found something that has totally, and I mean COMPLETELY taken away any and all forms of pit body odor!!!! Are you ready for this life changing realization? â€¨It’s something you can do too! I’ll tell you at the end of this post. But first… my armpit odor solution is not going to be an antiperspirant or deodorant recommendation, and here’s why: …

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May 27 2014

Anti-Aging… My Top Recommendations

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

Recently I got an email from a lovely soul enrolled in my Unlimited Email Plan… …She wanted to know what I recommended for Anti-Aging. Wow… that’s a big topic! So, I thought I’d share some of my approach with you on the blog today in the hopes that you might get a fresh idea or two to incorporate into your day. Generally for anti-aging there are three angles you could focus on: 1 — skin (yes it’s superficial but still important and young skin just feels so lovely!) 2 — body/internal health and 3 — the mind. …

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May 12 2014

Winter Skin Salvation!

Female Health, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Winter can be a tough time for anybody’s skin… painfully dry hands and cracked heels galore (ouch!) Dry heated air that dehydrates and cracks vulnerable skin inside combine with whipping cold winds that chaff skin outside… …no fun especially if you suffer from chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema or other forms of dermatitis. Today I have a blog post for you that is full of wonderful things you can do to support tender dry winter skin and support skin health in general. You know that I love skin care (at one point I even considered going …

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Jan 5 2014

Sea Salt Spray Heals Diabetic Ulcers

Does Dairy Cause Acne?

Avoiding The Sun Is Actually More Deadly Than Smoking

Using Deodorant This Summer? Read this first…

Anti-Aging… My Top Recommendations

Winter Skin Salvation!

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