When drug after drug failed, a teen hoped brain surgery could fix her daily seizures. Insurance denied it.

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When Branneisha Cooper first began taking GLP-1 injection Mounjaro in late 2022, she heard online that she could experience temporary hair thinning and prepared for the worst. But it would take about a year before she began noticing her hair falling out in clumps. Cooper said it was especially shocking because she has always had…

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