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More recently I had a client share she had crazy amounts of #flushing and a rash after taking a new supplement and immediately after...
Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 196 min read
Restorative Yoga: The Gentle Flow
Yoga is a eight-limbed life practice of self-care, and only one of those arms focuses on the physical movement most of us know as yoga,...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 162 min read
Abhyasa: Balancing Effort and Surrender
Everyone has an idea they are selling about achieving optimal health, and I am convinced that for most everyone, it is more a collection...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 154 min read
Acne: Inside the New Guidelines
New recommendations by the American Academy of Dermatology were released in February, just two months ago, regarding the conventional...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 114 min read
Frequent Choking? Difficulty Swallowing?
It's interesting to me how often clients will have these sort of annoying little ticks, annoying to them of course - not me, and they...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 17 min read
Teaching My Daughter to Be Bad
My youngest daughter is seven. She's in first grade and very gentle-spirited. She likes to follow the rules and make other people happy;...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 2111 min read
Homebirth Controversy
Ten years ago now, I completed my doctoral work surrounding one of the most controversial topics in #homebirth: neonatal outcomes....
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 165 min read
What is Normal Baby Fussiness?
Baby #fussiness, to some degree, is super common and even normal. Babies have limited ability to communicate, and even regulate, so...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 157 min read
Adolescents Are My Favorite
It's true; I say this about about every age, but I really, really love caring for the #adolescent client. I think it's because they are...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 147 min read
Breastfeeding Mommas? Are You Drowning Your Little Ones?
My first ten years as a lactation consultant in the hospital, my biggest challenges were obtaining an optimal latch in a baby much too...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 136 min read
Breastfeeding in the First Few Weeks
Often I share that my practice is a blend of what we understand in today's science (as I am a full-fledge nerd in every way and...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 1210 min read
Why I Love Caring for the Little Ones
As most of you know, my career started as a nurse in the Obstetrical Intensive Care Unit, and then I worked for a smidge in the Neonatal...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 2310 min read
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Maybe you've heard of non-alcoholic liver disease (#NAFLD) or non-alcoholic steatorrhea hepatitis #NASH? Either way, liver disease...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 233 min read
Can You Check Your Own Blood Pressure at Home?
Healthcare is changing. Clinicians struggle more and more to offer all they know they should to improve health within the five-or-six...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 188 min read
Trauma-Informed Maternity Care
Yesterday I wrote a bit about maternal and child outcomes being pretty catastrophic here in the United States which I relate to the...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 177 min read
Health Outcomes in the U.S.: Evidence the Patriarchy is Still Strong
Maternal mortality is a marker of national health and well-being. While far too many have the perception that our country offers...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 115 min read
The Cashew Allergy: More Common Concern
One of the things I truly love about family practice is all that I get to learn from my clients. I can't think of a lot more awful than a...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 84 min read
Epididymitis: Most Common Cause of Scrotal Pain
It's not too uncommon to see a man present to the clinic with pain in their scrotum, and it always causes a bit of embarrassment, and of...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 512 min read
Teens & Suicide: Let's Make Safe Space to Talk About It
Suicide rates are increasing across all populations. I talk about this regularly with clients, and in each and every class I teach...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 3110 min read
Antibiotic Resistance is a Real Threat
Retail clinics are controversial in healthcare. Physicians want more control over an industry almost entirely dominated by nurse...
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