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Don't Talk About It: What Will the Neighbors Think?
I've shared previously that a few years ago I did a little work with the Mind Body Institute, in which we learned about ancestral cell...
Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 9, 20238 min read
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Trichotillomania
When I was in my family nurse practitioner training, women presenting with #trichotillomania was not an uncommon finding. I can't say...
Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 4, 20232 min read
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Uterine Fibroids
It isn't clear what initiates these growths in our uterus. Maybe they are the superhero uterine cells that simply overwork themselves,...
Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 12, 20231 min read
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Body Mass Index: Not a Fan
You're probably familiar with the BMI or the body mass index, for which clinicians or even your employer's wellness program or life...
Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 31, 20235 min read
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Childhood Memories: Understanding Our Resiliency
My memory, I am learning more and more, is not typical in that I can remember my childhood like it was last week. I don't have a few...
Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 11, 20237 min read
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Endometriosis
One in ten women are impacted by endometriosis ( Zondervan et al., 2018 & Coxon et al., 2018 ), or maybe I should be more clear; more...
Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 4, 20234 min read
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Tourette Syndrome
Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi have more recently announced their struggle with Tourette Syndrome. Lewis Capaldi even shared intimate...
Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 3, 202310 min read
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Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
When I was in my post-graduate training, I met a mother who had brought in her two children and a small stack of papers, having spent...
Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 1, 202310 min read
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Hair Loss from Stress & Trauma
There are a variety of causes one might lose their hair, abruptly or more gradually, and in spots or patches or more throughout the...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 7, 20232 min read
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Interstitial Cystitis: Painful Bladder Syndrome
Bladder pressure, bladder pain, even pelvic pain can cause chronic and fairly severe pain for about 6 percent of women. This phenomenon...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 16, 20235 min read
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Menstrual Migraines
Upwards of 70 percent of women suffer #migraines associated with their menstrual flow and I can't tell you how grateful I am to not be...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 2, 20231 min read
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Rheumatoid Testing
When a connective tissue disorder is suspected there are a number of tests you'll want to have evaluated to confirm the diagnosis, and in...
Dr. Penny Lane
May 28, 20235 min read
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Premenstrual Syndrome
History has long reported that the symptoms of PMS were nothing more than hysteria and although science has well recognized the...
Dr. Penny Lane
May 27, 20233 min read
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Vitiligo
Vitiligo, made popular by Michael Jackson, is an autoimmune disease and while doctors have long claimed many of these diseases are life...
Dr. Penny Lane
Apr 5, 20236 min read
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Erectile Dysfunction
If this topic doesn't convince you of the importance of functional medicine then nothing will, because if there is any place conventional...
Dr. Penny Lane
Apr 3, 20236 min read
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Heart Health & Trauma
Yep, I am touching on this one again, because although I've written about heart health and integrative medicine, even shared some about...
Dr. Penny Lane
Apr 3, 20237 min read
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Psoriasis versus Eczema
This is a tricky one and admittedly, it can be a challenge even for experienced clinicians to tell these apart. They are both itchy, but...
Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 27, 20235 min read
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Many may be aware that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears, even obsessions, that lead...
Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 23, 20238 min read
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Women's History Month: March
We do live in an amazing time. Women are more and more becoming embolden to speak their voice and really live in their truth. We are...
Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 16, 20234 min read
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Osteopenia: Let's Talk About Bone Health
If we want to live our lives with vitality through to the very end, we really must appreciate the importance of protecting our bone...
Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 16, 20234 min read
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