Anorexia & Vitamin Deficiencies
This is an issue, I believe, we really do look at backwards. I suppose it is easier to blame to person when as clinicians we are lost in...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 28, 20216 min read
Relationship-Centered Care
Midwifery is very relationship-based. It prioritizes mutual decision making so much so that the American College of Nurse-Midwives has...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 28, 20218 min read
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...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 23, 20216 min read
Pranayama: Introduction to One's Breath
From ancient times we have understood that breath is vital to life. Root languages often utilize the same word for breath as they do for...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 21, 20216 min read
Yoga is for Everyone
Since ancient times, yoga has been continuously adapted to suit the needs of individuals from different times, cultures, and traditions....
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 15, 20217 min read
Alcoholism: Understanding the Underlying Cause
My mother was an alcoholic by definition. She certainly drank more than four #beers a week, but I don't think I ever identified as having...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 8, 20219 min read
Evidence-Based Medicine
Currently I teach students at two different universities, The University of Maryland and Indiana Wesleyan University, but have taught at...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 6, 20219 min read
Optimal Care in Childbirth by Goer & Romano
There really aren't many author duos that compare to Henci #Goer and Amy #Romano so this book was a safe investment, in spite it being an...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 30, 20212 min read
Zinc Deficiency
Nausea, loss of taste, depression, insomnia, anxiety, gastrointestinal upset, decreased appetite, bloating, and attentional difficulties...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 28, 202117 min read
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...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 20, 20213 min read
COVID & Our Other Viruses
There are significant challenges in understanding what exactly impacted the spread of COVID, what limited its spread, and what reduced...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 19, 20214 min read
Juneteenth Independence Day
My kids and I have been celebrating Juneteenth for several years now, so it came as a surprise to me that so many were unaware of this...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 17, 20219 min read
Early Feminists May Have Had it All Wrong
Throughout most all of history, women have been devalued. I've said many times that I feel that early #feminists were a little misguided...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 16, 20214 min read
Lung Function Evaluation
It does amaze me how many clients present for their initial histories with me and share they have a history of #asthma, but have never...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 16, 20217 min read
Bleeding at the Roots
Functional medicine claims digging into the roots as the heart of the specialty, and I would argue this is true too of #wellness, in that...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 13, 20216 min read
Working Yourself Into the Ground
Yep, I've been there. I think I assumed doing so was evidence I was healed from prior #traumas. I received poor midwifery care, nearly...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 12, 20216 min read
If Women Rose Rooted
"Other indigenous cultures around the world may still respect and revere the feminine, but we Western women lost control of our stories a...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 9, 20218 min read
Anxiety in Children
Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric conditions in children and adolescents with nearly two in ten being affected....
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 7, 20213 min read
Trigger Point Injections
Myofascial trigger points are knots or tight bands of skeletal muscle which are palpable and produce a characteristic referred pain upon...
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Dr. Penny Lane
May 31, 20218 min read
Smoking Cessation
Smoking rates continue to decrease with only 15.5% to 37% identifying as smokers in 2016; however, significant disparities exist among...
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