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People Are Using Social Media to Self-Inject Unregulated 'Korean Botox' and Doctors Are Horrified

Marie Neidert, 43, first started getting Botox about three years ago as a way to manage her migraines, but enjoyed the cosmetic side effects too. When the medspa she goes to switched to a different ...
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What Is Innotox? People on Social Media Are Self-Injecting 'Korean Botox' at Home

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marie Neidert, 43, first started getting Botox about three years ago as a way to manage her migraines, but enjoyed the cosmetic ...
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Medical pros beg people to avoid viral ‘Innotox’ trend — which can cause muscle paralysis and even death

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest DIY beauty trend has social media users injecting themselves at home with so-called "Korean Botox," drawn in by ...
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FDA Approves Xolair (omalizumab) Prefilled Syringe for Self-Injection Across All Indications

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the ...
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What It’s Like to Do Self-Injections for Crohn’s Disease

In 2008, three years after Natalie Hayden was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, she was hospitalized with an abscess the size of a tennis ball in her small intestine. Until then, Hayden had been ...
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HIV self-testing is easy, effective — and underutilized

Assoumou is an infectious diseases physician-scientist at Boston Medical Center. Miller is a research data associate within Dr. Assoumou’s I-CARE (Infectious Complications Assessment and Research) lab ...