Botox

(Philadelphia, PA) According to this story, gastroenterologist Frank Friedenberg and others at Temple University Hospital are using Botox to allieviate the symptoms of a stomach condition known as gastroparesis. A person with the condition feels full after a small meal and experiences bouts of nausea, upset stomach and bloating.

Botox is injected into the muscle that sits at the end of the stomach. There, it goes to work. "The muscle relaxes and then there is more rapid emptying of the stomach for solids and for liquids," Dr. Friedenberg says.

Doctors use the mother of all needles to inject the Botox, but it's said not to be painful. I'm not too sure about that since I'm having some pain just reading about it.