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Dr. Laura Miles shares her knowledge on getting healthy and staying healthy through conventional, alternative, and restorative techniques.
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4 Surprising Benefits to Detoxing
Detoxing has taken on a whole new meaning as our awareness of the toxins we are regularly exposed to has increased. If you had asked me 20 years ago if I had toxins in my body I would have said no! I eat healthy, exercise, [...]
Omicron Variant
The Omicron variant of COVID is already traveling across the US. It is thought to be 5-7 times more contagious than the highly contagious delta variant. Right now it is accounting for approximately 3% of cases across the US with New Jersey and New York [...]
Tendonitis Therapy
It is very common to overdo it and end up with inflammation in a joint. Conditions like tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis, golf elbow, heel tendonitis can flare and limit your activity. While standard therapy include rest and topical non-steroidal creams shock wave therapy is emerging [...]
5 Health Benefits of Having a Pet
As I write this newsletter, I am still grieving the loss of a very special pet, Butch who died last week. Butch was a 15 year old Airedale which is apparently the equivalent of about 83 human years. He was a gentle dog until he [...]
An independent risk factor for heart disease you don’t know about
People take cholesterol lowering medications to decrease their risk of heart disease and yet many people with optimal cholesterol levels are still having heart attacks and strokes. Why can heart attacks strike people who seem to have the perfect levels? Cue this little known risk [...]
Early Risk Marker of Heart Disease
Cholesterol is a key ingredient for cell membrane integrity, a key component of all the sex hormones (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone) as well as the steroid production. Our natural steroids are responsible for a wide range of physiologic processes including carbohydrate metabolism, regulation of inflammation, muscle [...]
Triglycerides-Why You Need Normal Levels
I see so many people who come in “controlled” on cholesterol medications or are told their cholesterol level is “fine” because they have a good ratio who are NOT fine! Over the next few weeks I am going to dive into different parts of cholesterol [...]
Predicting Accelerated Aging
It is always fun to see medical research dive into the underlying causes of disease and now they are starting to look at the underlying causes of accelerated aging. Researchers from Buck and Stanford University have created an inflammatory clock of aging which measures inflammatory [...]
MultiSystem Inflammatory Syndrome post-COVID
There are two new inflammatory conditions that are occurring in adults (MIS-A) and children (MIS-C) after they have had COVID. Many times they had a mild COVID case but within weeks started developing some serious symptoms. I recently had a friend whose young son had [...]
Sleep Apnea – Why It is important
Sleep apnea is often written off as no big deal or not even thought of at all. Approximately 25% of men and 10% of women have sleep apnea and even more don’t realize it. While it is true that obesity is a contributing factor you [...]
