Cannabis Use
Cannabis, also called #marijuana, is the third most commonly used psychoactive substance worldwide, after alcohol and tobacco (Gorelick,...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Aug 6
- 10 min
Learning to Check In with Self
Much of my work, it seems, is helping people tune into themselves. We are so busy, so overwhelmed, living in fight-or-flight, that we...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Aug 1
- 9 min
Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
When I was in my post-graduate training, I met a mother who had brought in her two children and a small stack of papers, having spent...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Jul 21
- 3 min
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
This one is complex and multifactorial. Its metabolic and involves your endocrine system. It impacts your cycle and your fertility, your...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Apr 3
- 7 min
Heart Health & Trauma
Yep, I am touching on this one again, because although I've written about heart health and integrative medicine, even shared some about...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Mar 23
- 8 min
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Many may be aware that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) features a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears, even obsessions, that lead...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- 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
- Sep 1, 2022
- 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 Layne
- Jul 20, 2022
- 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 Layne
- Jul 8, 2022
- 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 Layne
- Apr 27, 2022
- 17 min
Lyme Disease
The most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States and one of the more commonly overlooked causes of ongoing symptoms...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Mar 27, 2022
- 5 min
Histamine Intolerance
The first time I diagnosed #histamine intolerance was probably about ten years ago and admittedly, it was a blatant case. She had been...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Feb 16, 2022
- 9 min
Creating a Sanctuary for Yourself
Does your space fill you with joy? Does it balance your energy - not too stimulating but enough energy to be productive? Does it inspire...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Jul 15, 2021
- 7 min
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 Layne
- Jun 16, 2021
- 7 min
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 Layne
- May 17, 2021
- 3 min
Bach Flower Remedies for Women
by Judy Ramsell Howard Bach Remedies are growing in popularity as more healthcare consumers not only seek more natural approaches to...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Feb 26, 2021
- 9 min
How to Relax
No joke, this may be the toughest task. The last pose in #yoga is savasana or the corpse pose and it is easily the hardest for most...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Dec 30, 2020
- 17 min
Menopause Updates
As a functional medicine practitioner, the #menopause transition is viewed by me as a physiologic state, much like pregnancy and puberty,...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Dec 28, 2020
- 7 min
Postpartum Depression: Move Beyond Medications
One of the more devastating outcomes of pregnancy complications occurs as a result of postpartum #depression. Approximately 6.5 to 12.9...
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Dr. Penny Layne
- Nov 4, 2020
- 5 min
Overwhelm: Identify & Heal
When I look back at the tougher times in my adult life, I would say that most often I would argue I was fine; I was just #overwhelmed. I...
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