Pig & Penguin Wellness

10/09/2026

We made a very deliberate choice in the decor of the clinic. We wanted our patients to immediately feel relaxed and at peace, as though we were welcoming them into our home rather than a sterile and impersonal medical space. 🐖🐧♥️

09/19/2026

I care for a lot of people with POTS. One of my patients shared this is her favorite electrolyte powder to add to her water. What's your favorite electrolyte supplement for POTS support?

09/18/2026

Today is Physician Su***de Prevention Day.

It is estimated that 1 million people lose their doctor to su***de in the United States every year.

To all my physician friends, if you are in crisis, please get help.

This job is not worth your life.

09/06/2026

I support this with all of my chest! Everyone has the right to feel safe and heard in the medical office. If that means communicating in writing or bringing a support person or bringing a fidget, that's OK. And it is OK to ask for a different clinician if you do not feel comfortable or heard.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

09/06/2026

I just finished "The List At of Dying." It's a book I would recommend for friends, family, and patients who do not immediately work with the dying in the healthcare system. It's a good book and I think would appeal to people who enjoyed "Being Mortal" but there wasn't anything surprising or new for me here.

08/29/2026

I saw this video today and it really struck a cord with me. I feel like I'm seeing this pattern in my female patients with ADHD and I'm glad we're starting to get research to validate it. We need more research on women's health and we need it NOW!

Hormones have a drastic impact on women with ADHD. Learn how estro...

07/29/2026

This article recently caught my attention. I'm not surprised by telehealth companies like this at all and I've run into situations like this myself. At the end of the day, it all comes down to the fact that the GLP1 medications are too expensive. Employers and insurance companies do not want to cover them, and if they do cover them it is only with the intention of doing so in the short term. The manufacturers do not want to lower their costs and have no incentive to do so because the demand remains high and patients are finding ways to pay for them even when insurance companies will not cover them. It feels rotten through and trough. In my opinion, the ultimate solution is for the government to create regulation around the cost of these medications and require health insurance companies to cover the because allowing the free market, the pressures of supply and demand, to influence the price of GLP1s has obviously not worked.

Telehealth companies offer lifestyle support so people taking obesity drugs can have the most success losing weight. But employers also want the telehealth providers to limit spending on the drugs.

07/27/2026

I feel like this information about high dose Wegovy (semaglutide) is everywhere I look right now, but when I sat down to find the original publication of these numbers...there is none. There's "new data," a "new analysis" from a "late-stage trial" that was shared at a conference and on the Novo Nordisk website. But no publication of the data in a peer reviewed journal. And the claim that patients are losing "nearly 28% of their weight" is giving me pause because Eli Lilly's new G3 drug, retatrutide, coming out in 2027 is reported to have a 28% weight loss profile. It's frustrating, because clearly all of this is marketing for the sake of profits and market shares. In my opinion, semaglutide could become the preferred GLP1 medicine if it were significantly less expensive than tirzepatide (Zepbound) or if it were covered by more insurance companies. What do you think?

Novo Nordisk released new data that could help boost the case for the higher dose version of its blockbuster obesity injection Wegovy.

07/23/2026

I saw this article recently and the idea of a GLP1 implant is very interesting, I think. The article raises concerns about barriers to access for a therapy like an implant. I would compare this to the Nexplanon birth control implant. The procedure to place the Nexplanon is very easy for clinicians to learn and takes less than 5 minutes to actually do. A GLP1 implant certainly isn't an option for a telehealth program, but I don't think more options are a bad thing. What are your thoughts on the pros and cons of a possible GLP1 implant?

Vivani Medical is developing an implant of semaglutide, the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk's obesity injection Wegovy and diabetes counterpart Ozempic.

07/04/2026

Our penguin cheese ball for the family party! From Pig & Penguin Wellness, wishing you a safe and happy Fourth of July! 🥰🎉🎇