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We have recently moved and our new place as a saltwater #swimming pool. We love this as it allows us to play in the water without...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Mar 27
- 5 min
Psoriasis versus Eczema
This is a tricky one and admittedly, it can be a challenge even for experienced clinicians to tell these apart. They are both itchy, but...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Mar 1
- 5 min
Varicella-Zoster: Chickenpox
Most everyone my age and older endured the chickenpox as a child. Certainly none of us feared it; really, it was more an inconvenience or...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Mar 1
- 5 min
Measles
The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) alerted clinicians today to a report from the Kentucky Department for Public Health of a...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Feb 19
- 4 min
Hemophilia
We all know about #hemophilia, as the AIDS epidemic made us real familiar back in the 1990s. Ryan White suffered with this genetic...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Jan 13
- 5 min
How Do We Differ from Other Primary Care Practices?
There are a number of ways, endless ways, that we differ. We are more different than we are the same to be honest, but today when I was...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Jan 5
- 10 min
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Many years ago, while watching the sitcom Parenthood with Ray Romano and the hunky, Dax Shepard, it occurred to my former husband that he...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Jan 4
- 3 min
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Another super common finding among little ones, particularly those younger than five years of age. Having six of my own and a few...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Jan 4
- 5 min
Impetigo: Worthy of all the Fuss?
Since I was a wee little one, I've been very alert to anything health related. Biology fascinated me. First aide was my jam in middle...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Dec 18, 2022
- 6 min
My Nursing & Midwifery BS File
Tonight I was cleaning out my file cabinet and found a large hanging file titled, "Nursing & Midwifery BS." One would think that my own...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Nov 18, 2022
- 10 min
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 Layne-Gooden
- Nov 4, 2022
- 7 min
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 Layne-Gooden
- Sep 17, 2022
- 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 Layne-Gooden
- Aug 19, 2022
- 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 Layne-Gooden
- Jul 1, 2022
- 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 Layne-Gooden
- May 23, 2022
- 8 min
Vaccination Controversy in 1892
I am an #antique book collector, actually anything antique and medical. I have instruments, barber tools, sterilizers, medicine tins and...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Mar 24, 2022
- 16 min
Eczema
Just as asthma has, eczema and most all other forms of atopic dermatitis have increased in incidence over the last decade, effecting...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Feb 6, 2022
- 3 min
Yoga & Autism
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (NCCIM) which is part of the National Institute of Health (NIH) considers...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
Autism & B12
This topic is always near-and-dear to my heart, as my former spouse of 22-years and several of my children have some level of autistic...
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Dr. Penny Layne-Gooden
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
Anxiety in the Not-so-Littles
Anxiety disorders are prevalent among adolescents, and this one hits home for me, as my otherwise confident and charismatic son is nearly...
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