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Now patients and non-patients alike—and anyone affected by ET—have a safe space to share resources, experiences, questions, and support. Find out how to join and become a part of this community today! keep reading

A diagnosis of ET often means ruling out other, more worrisome diseases. One characteristic that can help identify it is a genetic component – ET often runs in families. Read on for more common symptoms that warrant an evaluation by a doctor... keep reading

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For 79-year old Karl Weidamann, sound waves beamed into his brain produced a result that must have seemed miraculous. It stopped the hand tremor that had plagued him for 15 years. Now he can once again sign his name clearly, eat soup without embarrassing splashes, and enjoy a glass of wine held in one steady keep reading

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When a person is diagnosed with ET, medication offers the possibility of relief but only works for some patients and must be increased as tremor progresses. But there is a breakthrough, non-surgical intervention that can provide durable tremor control—and new options for its victims... keep reading

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Essential tremor (ET) can be good cause for pessimism. An obstacle that many ET patients run up against is the lack of knowledge on the part of doctors. According to Peter Muller, an ET patient and Executive Director of... keep reading

7 Attitude Boosters for Life with Essential Tremor

“A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.” – Wade Boggs Living with essential tremor (ET) has its challenges that can put event the most optimistic people to the test. While no one consciously chooses to have ET, each person has keep reading

2 Vitamin Studies Shed Light on Essential Tremor and Nutrition

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” This quote, attributed to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, seems like forgotten advice in an age when drugs are heavily marketed to consumers as the pathway to health. This promised pathway is a big disappointment for individuals with essential tremor (ET). ET is the most keep reading

Meat is Not Essential Tremor’s Best Friend (Especially if You’re a Guy)

If you are male and have essential tremor (ET) you may be interested to learn about a molecule found in certain foods that has a bad effect on brain and nerve function. It is called harmane, and it is a known neurotoxin that is linked with ET. It is found in coffee and tobacco smoke. keep reading

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Education Lowers Dementia Risk During Essential Tremor

Education protects against dementia Dementia is a progressive decline in mental function, characterized by increasing memory loss, personality changes, and inability to reason things through. The term itself is something of a catch-all, since there are different types of dementia. Some are linked with certain degenerative neurologic diseases like Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease. Another keep reading

Essential Tremor, Cognitive Impairment, and Self Awareness

Numerous movies have been made that sensitively deal with the issue of failing cognitive function and its impact both on the patient and the person(s) who love him or her. In almost all of them, the condition that drives the emotions and actions of the players is Alzheimer’s disease. As we know, Alzheimer’s is a keep reading

4 Reasons Why MRI is Used to Guide Focused Ultrasound

Harnessing soundwaves to heal disease For today’s mother-to-be, one of the fun parts of being pregnant is coming home from a prenatal exam with a “photo” (ultrasound image) of the fetus. The image is generated by sending soundwaves (at a frequency above the range a human can hear) through the abdomen, and then capturing the keep reading

Beyond Essential Tremor: The Future of MRgFUS in the Brain

MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a revolutionary treatment for Essential Tremor (ET). It destroys a very small “relay station” deep in the brain that forwards abnormal signals to the hands and other areas. A list of its attributes and advantages hardly does it justice: outpatient, noninvasive, safe, immediately effective, durable results, life transforming, FDA-approved, and keep reading

What are the Risks of Deep Brain Stimulation?

Background on deep brain stimulation (DBS) It’s hard to imagine the first surgical attempt over a century ago to cure an involuntary movement disorder. The surgeon sawed into the skull to remove a portion of it, then cut out the part of the brain thought to be responsible. Who was braver – the surgeon or keep reading

4 Approaches to Treating Essential Tremors

Essential tremor(ET), the most common movement disorder, is estimated to affect about 3% of people. At least half of cases are hereditary (run in families), and can begin in early childhood. However, the majority of ET cases begin in mid-to-later adulthood (ages 40-60), and for older adults, the tremors can get worse more rapidly than keep reading

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MRgFUS offers new optimism about essential tremor.

7 Attitude Boosters for Life with Essential Tremor

2 Vitamin Studies Shed Light on Essential Tremor and Nutrition

Meat is Not Essential Tremor’s Best Friend (Especially if You’re a Guy)

Announcing our ET Facebook Group

Education Lowers Dementia Risk During Essential Tremor

Essential Tremor, Cognitive Impairment, and Self Awareness

4 Reasons Why MRI is Used to Guide Focused Ultrasound

Beyond Essential Tremor: The Future of MRgFUS in the Brain

What are the Risks of Deep Brain Stimulation?

4 Approaches to Treating Essential Tremors