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Idaho Neurologist Finding Alternative Applications For Botox

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This interview originally aired June 20, 2019. 

Botox is the miracle treatment that evens out facial wrinkles. Now doctors are finding benefits from applying Botox medically. Idaho Matters talks with St. Luke's neurologist Stephen Asher about these advances and a local drummer who is finding Botox effective for treating dystonia.

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