Recent Newsletters
Dr. Laura Miles shares her knowledge on getting healthy and staying healthy through conventional, alternative, and restorative techniques.
Subscribe to Our Newsletter:
5 Tips to help avoid dementia
Dementia occurs when the cognitive condition of a person declines and is considered a syndrome that typically has at least two of the following alterations: ability to comprehend and verbalize language, form short-term memories and understand geographic information. Impairments may also affect daily function. There [...]
When “normal” levels are not enough…
Introducing the Nutraeval test by Genova. When I am really diving into underlying issues sometimes just measuring a level of a nutrient is not enough. For example, I can easily measure B12 levels but it doesn’t mean you are actually able to use that nutrient. [...]
Detecting inflammation with Thermography
Thermography is a test that uses an infrared camera to detect heat patterns. Modern thermography detects heat and blood flow in body tissues and may tip you off to areas of inflammation. The more inflammation you have in an area the more “heat” it produces. [...]
When heavy metals/toxins are a problem
If someone had asked me 15 years ago if I thought I had heavy metals and toxins in my body I would have answered no. After having my eyes opened to all of the toxic exposures we get on a daily basis (women will be [...]
Top 5 bone building tips and measuring bone turnover
Osteoporosis is a very common condition and literally means porous bones or bone loss. Osteopenia is a milder form that just raises the red flag that you aren’t going in the right direction. Classic risk factors of bone loss include: Petite and thin body [...]
Gluten: yes or no?
I see an article on a weekly basis regarding the pros or cons of being gluten free. Traditional medicine leans toward the stance that if you don’t have Celiac disease then you should not avoid it. I have a problem with this because I think [...]
Energy, motivation, mood and neurotransmitters
If you have any of the following symptoms then you might have a neurotransmitter issue: Low motivation Low energy ADD/ADHD Depression Anxiety Insomnia Irritability A neurotransmitter is a chemical released in [...]
Stool analysis for parasites and imbalances
If you have chronic bloating, diarrhea/constipation, abdominal pain, blood in your stool, mucous in your stool, intermittent hives or sudden onset of hives you might just have a parasite or bacteria! In the last 6 months alone, there have been numerous recalls on food items [...]
Toxic foods-glyphosate
Glyphosate is one of the key ingredients in herbicides including Round Up. Monsanto, the maker of Round Up was recently sued and has had multi-million dollar verdicts awarded to the people involved. One lawsuit awarded $55 million in compensatory damages in addition to $1 billion [...]
The Art of being Present
This will be my final piece in my mental health series. I didn’t announce this series up front because for some reason when it comes to really looking at what is going on down deep inside we just turn away (which keeps everything down deep [...]
