Reports blame Florida botulism cases on misused toxin
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A suspended physician working at a clinic in Oakland Park, Fla., injected himself and three other people with botulinum toxin that he had prepared as if it were Botox, a licensed drug, rather than the far more potent, raw toxin it was, according to
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Whatever four people hospitalized with symptoms of botulism used to smooth their wrinkles at a Oakland Park clinic last week
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Investigators are looking at an unapproved wrinkle treatment as the culprit that hospitalized four people with suspected botulism poisoning after they received injections at an Oakland Park
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Doctors warn about the dangers of using the potentially fatal toxin botox in cosmetic facial treatments.
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New Era Canning Co is expanding a recall of canned green beans and garbanzo beans because of potential botulism contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
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Botulism poisoning from commercially canned foods has been virtually eliminated in the United States, making the new cases linked to hot dog chili sauce all the more striking.
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State prosecutors on Thursday subpoenaed documents from an Oakland Park clinic and four Arizona companies as part of their criminal investigation of how four South Floridians got botulism
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The FDA links Botox to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, and a few children given the drugs for muscle spasms have died.
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Four cases of possible botulism poisoning raise concerns about the market for do-it-yourself anti-aging compounds.
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A recall of canned meat products and dog food made at a Georgia plant due to botulism fears could involve tens of millions of cans that pose an urgent public health threat, U.S. officials said on Monday.
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Homeland Security restrictions should have prevented an unlicensed doctor in Broward County from buying concentrated botulinum toxin, widely recognized as the most poisonous substance and a feared bioterrorism agent.
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Castleberry's Food Company has recalled approximately 721,389 pounds of canned meat products that may contain a bacteria that causes botulism, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday.
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Regulators said on Friday they were  reviewing the safety of Allergan Inc's  Botox and a  competing product after reports of deaths and serious reactions  in some patients.
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Dec 1, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Four people in Florida and New Jersey who might have been injected with the anti-wrinkle medication Botox are seriously ill with possible botulism, according to news services.
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More than twice as many people have fallen ill this year with a strain of bacteria responsible for food poisoning, experts say.
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Federal health officials warned consumers Wednesday to throw away certain cans of hot dog chili sauce after the product was linked to botulism that has sent four people to the hospital.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The investigation into four cases of botulism poisoning at a Fort Lauderdale clinic has expanded to a third state: California.