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
- 3 days ago
- 6 min
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
- 3 days ago
- 13 min
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
- 5 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 7 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 8 min
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
- 8 min
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
- 5 min
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
- Aug 8
- 4 min
No Headstands while Menstruating: Truth or Fallacy
When I was working through my initial 200 hour yoga teacher training, one of my assignments was to offer the benefits and risks of a...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Aug 2
- 4 min
The Battle of the 'Opathies
I've mentioned I am reading through a book published in the 1870s regarding the #vaccine controversy, Which Sanitation and Sanatory...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jul 23
- 4 min
Red Light Therapy
Today while working out at #PlanetFitness, not only did I learn they have terminated all their physical trainers and replaced them with a...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jul 20
- 7 min
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...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jul 15
- 9 min
Parental Alienating Behaviors
It seems contrary to logic that if you pour your heart into your children that they will wholeheartedly love you in return. The reality...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jul 8
- 9 min
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...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jul 4
- 9 min
Sensory Integration Disorder
While once thought to be one in the same with autism, we now recognize sensory integration disorder as its own specific...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jul 1
- 7 min
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
- Jun 28
- 9 min
Hemochromatosis: Iron Overload Disease
My entire life my hemoglobin has been high and I always joked that clearly I was meant to be a mountain girl, because high hemoglobin...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jun 22
- 7 min
Celebrating the Summer Solstice
Yesterday we probably bombarded you with social media pictures of our experience at the Yoga Fest on the Monumental Circle in...
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