Wrinkle treatments can boost confidence—but if you're not careful, they can land you in the hospital. Here's how to get Botox safely and avoid a rare but serious complication.

Unlicensed Botox products also come with the risk of botulism. The recent spike of botulism cases in the UK has been linked to two unlicensed products, Innonox and Toxpia. Both are illegal to supply ...

Two people have died and 14 others have reportedly been hospitalized due to an ongoing botulism outbreak in Italy. Tamara ...

Social media is full of people injecting their own faces to save a few hundred dollars. But doctors warn DIY Botox could have ...

As botulinum toxin moves through your body, it can lead to muscle paralysis, difficulty breathing, and in severe cases, death. Knowing the signs of botulism can be life-saving.

The toxin, dubbed BoNT/En, is the ninth botulinum toxin to be described. Last August, Dr. Dong and his colleagues reported the eighth, BoNT/X, made by C. botulinum and the first new botulinum ...

Botulinum toxin was first identified in 1897 from the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, and in 1949 the U.S. federal government started researching it as a biological weapon, but stopped because it ...

The toxin, dubbed BoNT/En, is the ninth botulinum toxin to be described. (Last August, Dong and colleagues reported the eighth, BoNT/X, made by C. botulinum and the first new botulinum toxin to be ...

The botulinum toxins are among the deadliest substances on Earth, and two specific toxins -- including the popular drug Botox -- have multiple uses for treating many neuromuscular conditions ...

Botulinum toxin B was licensed by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) in January 2001 for treatment of cervical dystonia —a spastic contraction of neck muscles. Like botulinum toxin A, toxin B is an ...