The story of Pauline Williams, a 63-year-old woman who suffers from blepharospasm—a neurological problem that causes the muscles in her eyes to forcibly contract, leaving her unable to open her eyes ...

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued new guidelines on the use of botox for several neurological conditions. The recommendations serve as an update of the 2008 guideline to help ...

Thirty years ago, blepharospasm -- a condition in which involuntary muscle contractions can cause the eyelid to close -- was misdiagnosed as dry eye, an allergy problem or nervous habit. There was no ...

PHILADELPHIA — IncobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin, Merz Pharmaceuticals) conveys long-term safety and efficacy in patients with benign essential blepharospasm (BEB) who are botulinum toxin-naïve, new ...

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merz Americas announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for XEOMIN ® ...

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 ...

Botulinum toxin, or Botox as it’s widely known, is famous for its ability to smooth away wrinkles. But hiding our frown lines from the world isn’t the reason early scientists started experimenting ...

Botulinum toxin, or Botox as it’s widely known, is famous for its ability to smooth away wrinkles. But hiding our frown lines from the world isn’t the reason early scientists started experimenting ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Four decades ago, ophthalmologist Alan Scott ...

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