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Acne: Healing Skin from Within
As a teenager, I did get the occasional #pimple, sometimes a few at a time, more often across my forehead or down my nose. It seemed I...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 23, 20249 min read
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Hypercupremia: Copper Toxicity
Zinc and copper levels are a common evaluations in our practice, as when out of balance, these two minerals can have quite the impact on...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 19, 20238 min read
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Tinnitus: 101 Causes
This one is a fun one in that there are a plethora of underlying causes for #tinnitus, and sadly, most of what I hear from clients is...
Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 21, 20226 min read
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Dissociative Disorder: a Subtype of Posttraumatic Stress
We now know that those who suffer posttraumatic stress disorder don't have to be soldiers who endured war trauma. The event itself isn't...
Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 1, 20227 min read
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Alcohol Damages the Brain
It is often said that one glass of red wine a day is good for you, and this may be true for your heart because of the antioxidants...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 20, 20227 min read
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Although nursing school was more than twenty years ago now... woah, no, almost thirty years ago, I can't say that I remember learning...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 8, 20229 min read
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Qigong
As I was exploring the opportunities within my yoga practice early in my teacher's training, I was introduced to #Qigong, a mind-body...
Dr. Penny Lane
May 17, 20222 min read
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Creating a Sanctuary for Yourself
Does your space fill you with joy? Does it balance your energy - not too stimulating but enough energy to be productive? Does it inspire...
Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 16, 20229 min read
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Alpha-Lipoic Acid & IV Nutritional Therapy
There are a number of IV Lounges which offer a handful of compounding recipes ranging from weight loss to immune boost, to even enhancing...
Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 20, 20217 min read
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Integrative Medicine
This philosophy to care is not new, but I find that it is far more unfamiliar to healthcare consumers than I might have appreciated. More...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 28, 20218 min read
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Anorexia Nervosa
This has been on my mind a few years, as I feel there is an underlying cause we have failed to fully realize. Why would someone...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 28, 202117 min read
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Hair Mineral Analysis
Functional medicine providers can evaluate wellness through a variety of tests; one of those is the hair tissue mineral analysis or HTMA...
Dr. Penny Lane
May 18, 202110 min read
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Menopause Updates
As a functional medicine practitioner, the #menopause transition is viewed by me as a physiologic state, much like pregnancy and puberty,...
Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 30, 202017 min read
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Postpartum Depression: Move Beyond Medications
One of the more devastating outcomes of pregnancy complications occurs as a result of postpartum #depression. Approximately 6.5 to 12.9...
Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 28, 20207 min read
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Epigenetics: A Functional Medicine Pillar
This term is commonly used in functional medicine and I am not confident it's always clear to my clients, or even my colleagues what this...
Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 2, 20206 min read
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Massage: Detoxification Support
Certainly don't want to usurp actual #massage therapists, because I don't even pretend to play one at home, but as a clinician, I must...
Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 8, 20203 min read
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Happiness: Seeking Balance
These past two years, I have been on an earnest quest for happiness which I've learned for me means I need to very intentionally work to...
Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 9, 20207 min read
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Yoga is Leading the Exercise World in Health Benefits
Yesterday, I taught my first #vinyasa class for the local yoga studio, about a year after I took my very first yoga class. I had embraced...
Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 6, 20204 min read
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Developing a Meditation Habit
I believe I've shared this before, but for many years while I was aware that I was uneducated about #meditation and had on my list to...
Dr. Penny Lane
Apr 27, 20207 min read
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Identifying Chronic States of Fight or Flight
I know #selfcare and #selflove are the new catch phrases or even the new fad, particularly among mothers and women in their forties and...
Dr. Penny Lane
Apr 9, 20207 min read
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