Bisexual Women's Health
This may be a surprise to you, as it was to me, but #bisexual women experience disproportionately poorer health outcomes in comparison to...
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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 15, 20226 min read
Injuries at Work
Occupational injuries and illnesses are among the five leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Each year more...
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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
Oct 30, 20228 min read
Unpopular View: Xanax
As a sufferer of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, I have long been a fan of Xanax. Yep, those words will get twisted and used against me...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 26, 20223 min read
Samhain
A time for making winter preparations, Samhain (pronounced "SOW-in" or "SAH-win") was the time of harvesting crops and rounding up...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 16, 20224 min read
Crohn's Disease
Inflammation can occur at any point anywhere from your mouth to your bum. This may relate to a genetic susceptibility or result from...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 5, 20223 min read
Vaping & The Risks
Cloud chasing has become quite common among teenagers and young adults, even among a few of my own not-so-little ones unfortunately, and...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 2, 202216 min read
The 7 Types of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder
Easily one of the more common diagnosis I am finding in my primary care practice more recently is ADD in adults, and admittedly, these...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 1, 20223 min read
Celiac Disease
A high percentage of clients visiting my office share that they are #gluten free; most having never been tested. While I appreciate that...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 29, 20226 min read
Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency
Maldigestion is a challenging presentation for clinicians as a plethora of concerns can be at play. One that seems to be commonly missed...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 27, 20229 min read
Marriage in the 1950s
Always interested in matters of women's health and as you know, an avid collector of antique books, I pulled A Marriage Manual off my...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 27, 202213 min read
Does Your Jaw Click? TMJ Disorders
One of the more common findings upon clinical exam, or even while taking a client's history, is TMJ. They often don't report it when I...
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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
Sep 17, 20224 min read
Sores in Your Mouth: Introducing the Canker Sore
These were such a common part of my childhood, I thought everyone was familiar, but as a family health practitioner I am learning not...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 1, 20227 min read
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...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Autumn Equinox or Mabon
Having wanted to dive in a bit more this year to celebrating the seasonal transitions more so than stressing myself out with spending far...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 30, 20228 min read
Rosacea: More than Just a Red Face
Rosacea is a common condition, and unfortunately chronic for about ten percent of people with fair skin. It is generally more common in...
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Dr. Penny Lane
Aug 21, 20228 min read
Ladies? Funny odor? Embarrassed? Let's Talk.
I should have written about this a long time ago. It's a very common, grossly misunderstood women's health issue. So common in fact, that...
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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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