Category: Essential Tremor
How many of Hollywood’s male and female actors are driven by vanity and career opportunities to appear young by using Botox (botulinum toxin) injections? Well, there’s no way to know – and anyway, what does it matter? But now let’s ask, how many people have Essential Tremor (ET), the most common movement disorder? Estimates are keep reading
Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder among adults. There is another type of tremor called functional tremor (FT). Just like ET, it causes involuntary (uncontrollable) rhythmic movements, usually an arm or leg. It is frequently mistaken for ET or for Parkinson’s disease, but it is not related to either of those. ET: keep reading
Essential tremor (ET) is a permanent condition marked by involuntary rhythmic movements of the hands (most commonly), head, voice or other body parts. The exact cause is not fully understood, but it is known that the source of ET is malfunctioning brain signals. Caffeine and ET There is abundant patient information on the internet that keep reading
Essential tremor (ET) can become a physical, emotional and social disability. ET patients whose tremors interfere with daily tasks (eating, dressing, bathing, writing, etc.) must often turn to help from caring family and friends. While the needs of ET patients are well identified, this is less true for ET caregivers. A new study explored the keep reading
According to the International Essential Tremor Foundation, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is the most common surgical treatment for hand tremors that don’t respond to medication. It has published outcomes showing that most tremor patients still experience improvement 7-10 years later.i A noninvasive alternative to DBS surgery is MRI-guided FUS (MRgFUS). Granted, it does not yet keep reading
Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder, with at least 200,000 new U.S. cases annually. While ET is not life-threatening, research has led to four new lines of thinking about ET. 1. A family of diseases Doctors and researchers are backing off from a universal approach to ET. Differences in ET patterns exist, keep reading
Every person with essential tremor (ET) faces the prospect of progressive impairment. This means that over time, accomplishing daily tasks such as drinking, using eating utensils, zipping or buttoning clothes, doing email, etc. may become embarrassing and extremely challenging. In addition, losing the ability to perform one’s job or professional responsibilities threatens an ET patient’s keep reading
Tremors, or involuntary shaking of fingers, hands, head, voice or other body parts, are inevitably startling and concerning when they first begin. Although they may be painless, it is disturbing to have something occur that cannot be controlled by an act of will. It is also frightening; although most tremors are not due to life keep reading
When it comes to determining exactly what causes essential tremor (ET), theories have come and gone. Thanks to today’s sophisticated brain imaging as well as laboratory analysis of brains from cadavers (dead bodies), new information on the origins of ET has begun to replace older beliefs. The olivary hypothesis of ET For over 40 years, keep reading
Millions of Americans practice some form of meditation, also referred to as mindfulness. Even for people who don’t adhere to a religious or spiritual community, the word itself conjures up serene images such as a lone person sitting peacefully on a beach as the sun sets, or Buddhist monk calmly gazing at a lit candle. keep reading