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Milwaukee mom seeks mental health law reform after daughter’s arrest
A Milwaukee mother is calling for changes in mental health laws after her daughter, Katelyn Librizzi, was arrested for stealing a van with kids inside after having a mental health crisis.Prosecutors charged 27-year-old Librizzi with abduction and operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent after they say she stole a day care van with four kids inside on Dec. 16.…
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A few more good things from 2025
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: An Arm and a Leg host Dan Weissmann breaks down how two states passed laws aimed at protecting people from things like medical debt, insurance delays and denials, and corporate profiteering. In Maine, lawmakers unanimously voted…
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Addressing the Twofold Mental Health Crisis in New York City
Addressing the mental health crisis was a frequent topic in the 2025 mayoral debates in New York City, but the main focus of discussion was crisis work. This either looked like more capacity for police to force people into treatment, or the seemingly more progressive option of increasing mental health crisis workers to connect people to treatment. As a mobile…
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Transforming obesity care: GLP-1 agonists explained
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: In this interview, News Medical speaks with Dr Bryony Henderson, Medical Director for the UK and US at MedExpress, about the evolving role of GLP‑1 agonists in obesity care and the future of metabolic health treatments.…
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MAGA voters warm to a Vance 2028 run and FDA approves Wegovy weight loss pill: Morning Rundown
Vance finds critical support for a 2028 presidential run at a conservative conference. The FDA approves a pill form of a popular weight loss drug. And, the journey from new parent to the Olympics. Here’s what to know today. Vance begins to solidify parts of MAGA for 2028 Vice President JD Vance at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix,…
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A Few More Good Things From 2025
Dan Weissmann An Arm and a Leg host Dan Weissmann breaks down how two states passed laws aimed at protecting people from things like medical debt, insurance delays and denials, and corporate profiteering. In Maine, lawmakers unanimously voted to remove medical debts from credit reports. While a nationwide court ruling has cast doubt on the new law’s future, a consumer…
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‘It’s made things worse for everyone’: Philadelphia grapples with rise of new street drug | Philadelphia
The staff at the harm reduction hub Sunshine House in the middle of Kensington, a neighborhood in north-east Philadelphia home to the most notorious open drug scene in the US, often reverse at least one overdose a day. But the mutating illegal drug supply is regularly conjuring new drugs with novel sets of potentially deadly risks. For the past 18…
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Therapeutic Goods Administration issues warnings over heavy metals in Ayurvedic tablets
Australia’s medicine watchdog has issued another safety warning for three unapproved Ayurvedic medicines found with “extremely high” amounts of heavy metals. The Therapeutic Goods Administration issued the warnings after finding unsafe levels of mercury, lead, arsenic and cadmium in them. The TGA urges anyone taking Brahmi Vati tablets or Kumar Kalyan Rasa tablets manufactured by Unjha Ayurvedic Pharmacy to stop…
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The Future of Mental Healthcare Is Continuous Care
I grew up in a family where most people worked in healthcare. I saw how they practiced, how manual and fragmented the work was, and how little support existed for mental health. Watching how far the field has come, and how far it still needs to go, has been fascinating to me. Today, access has expanded, virtual appointments are now…
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Weight loss drugs in New Zealand: Benefits and risks of GLP-1s explained
All medicines have side effects, says Professor Rhiannon Braund, head of the University of Waikato’s school of pharmacy and biomedical sciences. “When you’ve got a drug that acts in different parts of the body, it can have different reactions or different outcomes for people based on their physiology,” she says. “That’s why dosing is really important because we’re all a…
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