As GLP-1 drugs for weight loss and diabetes drugs such as Zepbound and Mounjaro generate billions in sales, researchers at Eli Lilly and Co. and other pharma companies are exploring their potential for other purposes.
Hair loss isn’t new. What’s different today, experts say, is that male anguish about it has never been more evident. Social media, dating apps, “Zoom dysphoria” and a sometimes predatory marketplace are stoking the anxiety.
Since 2018, Dr. Danielle Henderson has appeared roughly 100 times on local television, addressing numerous mental health concerns and discussing their impact on underserved communities.
The results add to evidence from animal studies and reports that people are finding the drugs helpful to manage cravings, not just for food, but also for tobacco and alcohol.
It’s been another busy year in Indiana health care and life sciences, with headlines nearly every week announcing another billion-dollar deal or investment.
Much of the additional funding would be earmarked for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics to provide treatment at the local level and work with teams responding to active 988 calls.
The university plans to launch degree programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy and other rehabilitative health care services, and expand undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, with additional locations.
Businesses from airlines to hospitals have been grappling with a faulty software update that caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday, and its repercussions continued through the weekend.
Prescription painkillers once drove the nation’s overdose epidemic, but they were supplanted years ago by heroin and more recently by illegal fentanyl.
The Indianapolis-based foundation, which announced the donation Friday, said the funds would help make mental health and behavioral health services more available to children and adolescents.
The company, which provides doctors to rural hospitals to staff their emergency rooms and other critical areas, listed liabilities of $18.5 million and assets of just $19,701.
Over the past year, nearly 40 states have ended emergency declarations that made it easier for doctors to use video visits to see patients in another state, according to the Alliance for Connected Care, which advocates for telemedicine use.
