The Botulinum Toxin: from poison to treatment by MH Marion

Botulinum Toxin is a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium Botuli, responsible of Botulism. It’s Alan Scott, a Californian ophthalmologist who had the first the genius idea to use it for the treatment of strabismus (cross eyes) in infant, as an alternative to surgery. He saw very quickly the potential of the Botulinum toxin for the treatment [...]

2019-03-14T19:23:40+00:00January 17th, 2017|Blog|Comments Off on The Botulinum Toxin: from poison to treatment by MH Marion

Focus on Dystonia by Sally Glover

Dystonia is a movement disorder affecting 50,000 people in the UK. It commonly presents in a focal area of the body such as cervical dystonia and writer’s cramp, blepharospasm. Less commonly it affects the whole body and usually presents in childhood – teenage years and follows a more generalised pattern. Common aetiology: physical / emotional [...]

2020-09-22T16:06:56+01:00September 2nd, 2016|Dystonia|Comments Off on Focus on Dystonia by Sally Glover
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