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Botox Frees Muscles for Stroke Patients in the Know

Mar. 23, 2009
The drug used for reducing wrinkles is also being used to relax muscles stiffened by a stroke.
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic