In TCM, these conditions are understood through the lens of liver wind, qi and blood stagnation, and internal imbalances ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have been contending with blepharospasm for years. I got some relief from Botox for around four years, but then it stopped working and my doctor moved me to Dysport, which was ...

Botox is known for fixing wrinkles, but for a local woman, it ensures her eyesight. Annie Giacalone, of Wilmington, has essential blepharospasm, a long name for the movement disorder that causes ...

When a medicine's side effects turn out to be more marketable than its intended purpose, people tend to forget what the intended purposes were. The "little blue pill" never quite became synonymous ...

Botox is a form of toxin produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. The botulinum toxin in food or wounds blocks the signal transmission between nerves and muscles resulting in botulism, or ...

In February 2008, the FDA issued an "Early Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review: Botox and Botox Cosmetic (Botulinum toxin Type A) and Myobloc (Botulinum toxin Type B)" which stated: "This ...

"The Problem With Botox" [editorial, April 17] focuses on the cosmetic uses of Botox and sidesteps the therapeutic uses of the medication for afflictions such as palsies caused by Parkinson's or by ...

If you hear someone say, "It's better than Botox," be skeptical, says Sioux City plastic surgeon Kelly Gallego. "There's no such thing as 'better than Botox.' Right now, this is the gold standard when ...