http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. National Institutes of Health researchers used the popular anti-wrinkle agent Botox to discover a new and important role for a group of molecules that nerve cells use to quickly send messages. This novel role for the molecules, called SNARES, may be a missing piece that scientists have been searching for to fully understand how brain cells communicate under normal and disease conditions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-botox-wrinkle-brain.html Medical research Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:10 EST news286714608 (Medical Xpress)—Botulinum toxins are feared as a food poison and bioterror threat, and for good reason. It takes only minute amounts of these bacterial toxins to block signals from nerve cells that control muscles. People die when the toxin paralyzes the muscles they need to breathe. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-wrinkle-botox-reveals-botulinum-toxins.html Medical research Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:00:01 EST news283588953 Despite conflicting data in support of the practice, some overweight Americans looking for an easy fix have turned to gastric botox injections to help them lose weight. This month in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, researchers from the Mayo Clinic publish a definitive study finding that Botox doesn't promote weight loss. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-botox-stomach-weight-loss.html Other Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:05:48 EST news278611541 Injecting botox into the arm muscles of stroke survivors, with severe spasticity, changes electrical activity in the brain and may assist with longer-term recovery, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-dont-botox-heador.html Neuroscience Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:06:03 EST news276858351 The best-selling wrinkle erasing drug Botox will be used in an Australian study to treat hay fever, researchers said Tuesday after it showed promise in providing relief in early trials. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-australians-trial-botox-hay-fever.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:52:41 EST news268977149 Although botulinum toxin A ("Botox") injections are U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved for preventive treatment for chronic migraines, a review and analysis of previous studies finds a small to modest benefit for patients with chronic migraine headaches and chronic daily headaches, although botox injections were not associated with greater benefit than placebo for preventing episodic migraine or chronic tension-type headaches, according to an article in the April 25 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-botox-modest-benefit-chronic-migraine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:50:02 EST news254504901 The biggest study into the treatment of urinary incontinence with botulinum toxin (trade name Botox) has demonstrated that it is effective in treating overactive bladder (OAB) - a debilitating common condition which can affect up to 20% of people over the age of 40. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-powerful-treatment-effective-relief-urinary.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:48:11 EST news250768071 From US "Botox parties" to Asia's craze for eyelid jobs or Brazilian bum lifts, millions now reshape their bodies through cosmetic surgery each year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-cosmetic-surgery-wild-west.html Other Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:34:26 EST news245561660 The American Academy of Neurology is releasing an updated guideline on how to best treat essential tremor, which is the most common type of tremor disorder and is often confused with other movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease. The guideline is published in the October 19, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-aan-guideline-essential-tremor.html Neuroscience Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:22:21 EST news238260125 There is no evidence that Botulinum toxin injections reduce chronic neck pain or associated headaches, says a group of scientists who reviewed nine trials involving a total of 503 participants. Their findings are published in the latest update of The Cochrane Library. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-botulinum-toxin-common-neck-pain.html Other Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:10:38 EST news229140623 Not all varieties of botulinum toxin seem to be equally effective in reducing crow's feet wrinkles, according to a report published Online First today by Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-botulinum-toxin-cosmetic.html Other Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:00:47 EST news227793748