There are SIX Different Types of Botox Available in the Market

Not many people know that there are now FIVE different types of  botox  available and FDA approved for use in the United States. The five botox products are as follows (the newest one being Daxxify as of 9/8/22): 1)  Botox by Allergan 2)  Myobloc by Solstice Neurosciences 3)  Dysport by Ipsen, Ltd 4)  Xeomin by Merz 5)  Jeuveau by Evlous 6) Daxxify by Revance Obviously, Botox by Allergan was the first and most popular to the point where its product name "botox" is being use…

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Many Different Saline Sinus Rinse Bottles

Who knew the humble Netti-Pot kettle would eventually mutate into so many different shapes, sizes, and designs which all basically do ONE thing... rinse/flush the nose with saltwater. Here's a few I have encountered with link to where it can be purchased. Given all it does is rinse the nose... I would take price into consideration.

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Early Exposure to Peanuts May Reduce Peanut Allergies, but Choking Risks Remain!

Image from Wikipedia In response to peanut allergies and children being in the news this week (Feb 2015), the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery is cautioning parents and caregivers about choking risks especially posed to young children and infants by peanuts, tree nuts, and nut fragments. The 2015 NEJM study on peanut ingestion and allergies in children suggested that exposing infants to peanuts before age 1 (even as young as 4 months) actually helped prevent pea…

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CEO of JPMorgan has Throat Cancer

Image from Wikipedia by Steve Jurvetson The CEO and President of JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon, announced that he has throat cancer and is currently undergoing treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan for the next eight weeks. According to a letter he sent to shareholders on July 1, 2014: "I wanted to let you know that I have just been diagnosed with throat cancer. The good news is that the prognosis from my doctors is excellent, the cancer was caught quickly, and …

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Miss Oregon 2013 has Thyroid Cancer

Miss Oregon Gabrielle Neilan revealed that she had thyroid cancer for which she underwent a total thyroidectomy 2 weeks before winning the Miss Oregon beauty competition on 11/25/12. [ link ] She first felt the thyroid mass in September 2012. This was soon followed by a thyroid ultrasound and a biopsy (presumably via an ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration). The biopsy came back cancerous (unclear exactly what type of thyroid cancer). Given the thyroid cancer diagnosis, she un…

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Brooke Burke Has Thyroid Cancer

Brooke Burke , TV personality best known for winning the 7th season of Dancing with the Stars and later co-hosting the show starting in 2010 announced in a self-published video the fact that she has thyroid cancer and will soon be undergoing thyroid surgery . Apparently, on a routine physical exam, a  neck mass consistent with a thyroid nodule was appreciated in July 2012. This was biopsied (presumably via an ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration) and came back as "atypical&qu…

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