Laura Confer Axtell MA, LPC, NCC

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• Alzheimer’s is Not a Part of Normal Aging

  Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, a term for memory loss, which is serious enough to affect daily life. It affects three to four million people in the US. 10% of all the persons over 70-years-old have memory loss and in more than half, the cause is Alzheimer’s disease....

• Veteran Suffering from Parkinson’s Gets New Home

  Army Staff Sgt. Joe Davis is a survivor. He survived tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now, Davis is a survivor who has Parkinson’s disease. For  11 years, Sgt. Davis served his county, planned to retire after 20 years and become a police officer. His dreams changed, however, when he was forced...

• Olympic Snowboarder Battles Rheumatoid Arthritis and Goes for the Gold

  It was only three months prior to the 2014 Olympic Games that Canadian snowboarder, Spencer O'Brien, sat in her doctor's office, crying and trying to decide if she should give up her dreams of winning a gold medal. It was at this time that her rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pain was at its worst.Every...

• Health Canada Gives Approval on AVACEN 100 for Fibromyalgia Treatment

  Health Canada, which is a federal department in charge of assisting Canadians with obtaining quality healthcare and promoting healthy lifestyle practices, just gave its approval for the licensing of the AVACEN 100 Class II to be used in the treatment of fibromyalgia, which afflicts about 10 million...

• Is Lyme Disease Preventable?

  Preventive clothingForests and woodland areas present various dangers, including the possibility of getting bitten by a tick, which can lead to Lyme disease. Thankfully there is a solution to that potential problem, as you can wear appropriate clothing while outside to prevent tick bites.Make sure...

• Stressed? Don't Reach for Junk Food - Eat a Purple Potato

  A recent study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry showed that two servings of purple potatoes in a diet, can help to reduce blood pressure and control weight gain. The participants of the study were divided into two groups. In one group, the participants were assigned a diet that...