BERLIN AFP — Months after US authorities sounded the alarm, European officials are warning of dangerous possible side effects from the wrinkle-smoothing injection Botox, according to a German news report. The London-based European Medicines Agency had by August 2007 recorded more than 600 cases of negative effects potentially linked...
To: MEDICAL EDITORS Contact: Ben Cooke, Vice President of AHPR, Inc., +1-310-398- 8680, ben@arlenehowardpr.com, for Arnold William Klein MD BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- World-renowned dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, is on a mission to inform the public about the dangers surrounding one of the most popular injectable...
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WASHINGTON AFP — Patients who want a Botox treatment for wrinkles get appointments with US dermatologists much faster than those with potentially cancerous moles, according to a new study. For a Botox injection, patients waited typically for eight days, while those asking doctors to look at worrisome moles that...
WASHINGTON AFP — Injections of botulinum toxin A, or Botox, into the prostate gland eased the symptoms of enlarged prostate in men for up to a year, according to the results of a small study published Wednesday. Researchers at the Chang Gung University Medical College, Taiwan, and the University...
SYDNEY AFP — Australian health authorities have moved to rein in "Botox cowboys" who stage parties where cosmetic surgery injections are offered along with cocktails. The booze and Botox bashes were replacing old-style Tupperware parties where women were offered kitchenware, New South Wales state Health Minister John Hatzistergos said...
IRVINE, Calif. -- Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) today announced that it received a subpoena from the United States Department of Justice, United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia requesting the production of documents regarding promotional practices involving BOTOX([R]) botulinum toxin type A for therapeutic indications.
NEW YORK AFP — The idea of long-term Botox injections may bring some out in a cold sweat, but for millions who suffer from uncontrollable perspiration, the anti-wrinkle treatment offers a lifeline to normality. Interim data published Thursday from the first long-term study into the repeated use of Botox...
BOTOX CELEB FAN: DANNII MINOGUE What's it meant to do? Smooth out expression lines. Botox is injected into wrinkles to relax muscles, and because you can't frown, lines melt away. What can go wrong? If it's injected too low, the client...
MIAMI AFP — US authorities are investigating whether injections of the anti-wrinkle drug Botox caused suspected cases of botulism in four people being treated in Florida and New Jersey, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. "We're going to be doing some lab tests," CDC spokesman Llelwin...
The pioneers of BOTOX® Cosmetic botulinum toxin type A will present the first-ever long-term safety data on BOTOX® for cosmetic use at the American Academy of Dermatology AAD Summer Meeting in New York City. The husband and wife team of ophthalmologist Jean Carruthers, M.D., and dermatologist Alastair Carruthers, M.D.,...
Having Botox injected into your vocal cords might not sound like fun, but for the nation's estimated 15,500 sufferers of the voice disorder spasmodic dysphonia, it's a godsend. Botox is best known for its powers to reduce wrinkles. But a new study validates the almost decade-long use of the...
HALLIBURTON Cha-Ching Cheney The stock market may be suffering, but Operation Iraqi Freedom has sure been good for business at Halliburton, the Houston oil-services company famous for its former CEO, Dick Cheney. And the vice president hasn't entirely severed his financial ties to the big Defense contractor. Even...
HALLIBURTON Cha-Ching Cheney The stock market may be suffering, but Operation Iraqi Freedom has sure been good for business at Halliburton, the Houston oil-services company famous for its former CEO, Dick Cheney. And the vice president hasn't entirely severed...
Botox represents one of the most dramatic reversals in modern medicine. Until a decade ago, it was known as a potent biologic toxin responsible for the disease botulism. Today, however, physicians at the Yale Botulinum Program, New Haven, Conn., are expanding its use as a therapeutic agent in order to...
Whitney Enoksen was finished with her forehead. "It always made me feel a lot older than I am," says the 36-year-old, who started noticing serious lines on her brow during her late twenties. Last fall, the Dallas orthodontist's assistant had her first round of Botox, which the FDA approved on...
THE MARCH 2002 LAWRENCE SUMMERS MEMORIAL AWARD (*) goes to Allergan, Inc. of Irvine, California for its injectable drug known as Botox. About Botox, the New York Times reported in February 2002: "Without a peep of promotion, it has become the most popular ...
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