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We have recently moved and our new place as a saltwater #swimming pool. We love this as it allows us to play in the water without...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 26, 20235 min read
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...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 1, 20235 min read
Varicella-Zoster: Chickenpox
Most everyone my age and older endured the chickenpox as a child. Certainly none of us feared it; really, it was more an inconvenience or...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 1, 20235 min read
Measles
The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) alerted clinicians today to a report from the Kentucky Department for Public Health of a...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 19, 20234 min read
Hemophilia
We all know about #hemophilia, as the AIDS epidemic made us real familiar back in the 1990s. Ryan White suffered with this genetic...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 13, 20235 min read
How Do We Differ from Other Primary Care Practices?
There are a number of ways, endless ways, that we differ. We are more different than we are the same to be honest, but today when I was...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 5, 202310 min read
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Many years ago, while watching the sitcom Parenthood with Ray Romano and the hunky, Dax Shepard, it occurred to my former husband that he...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 4, 20233 min read
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Another super common finding among little ones, particularly those younger than five years of age. Having six of my own and a few...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 4, 20235 min read
Impetigo: Worthy of all the Fuss?
Since I was a wee little one, I've been very alert to anything health related. Biology fascinated me. First aide was my jam in middle...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 18, 20226 min read
My Nursing & Midwifery BS File
Tonight I was cleaning out my file cabinet and found a large hanging file titled, "Nursing & Midwifery BS." One would think that my own...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 18, 202210 min read
Electrical Stimulation for Management of Pain in Pregnancy & Childbirth: A Midwife's Perspective
Managing pain during all stages of labor is a key priority for midwives and expectant mommas. This has mainly been addressed with...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 4, 20227 min read
Well Child Checks: Getting Beyond the Immunization Schedule
Assessing children and adolescents really is an art, maybe more so than it is even a highly sophisticated science. Children themselves...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 17, 20225 min read
Ear Wax Fascination
My kids have the most wild ear wax and I am not ashamed to say I have a bit of fun with this. I've used candles on them, Elephant ear...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 19, 20225 min read
Mononucleosis: The Kissing Disease
As one of the many herpes viruses, this one living in the epithelial cells of the pharynx and parotid duct, #mononucleosis infects about...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 1, 20227 min read
Von Willebrand Disease
Von Willebrand disease (VWD) encompasses a group of inherited bleeding disorders related to qualitative or quantitative defects of von...
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Dr. Penny Lane
May 23, 20228 min read
Vaccination Controversy in 1892
I am an #antique book collector, actually anything antique and medical. I have instruments, barber tools, sterilizers, medicine tins and...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 24, 202216 min read
Eczema
Just as asthma has, eczema and most all other forms of atopic dermatitis have increased in incidence over the last decade, effecting...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 6, 20223 min read
Yoga & Autism
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (NCCIM) which is part of the National Institute of Health (NIH) considers...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 16, 20215 min read
Autism & Vitamin B12
This topic is always near-and-dear to my heart, as my former spouse of 22-years and several of my children have some level of autistic...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 15, 20213 min read
Anxiety in the Not-so-Littles
Anxiety disorders are prevalent among adolescents, and this one hits home for me, as my otherwise confident and charismatic son is nearly...
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