Category: Focused Ultrasound

Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder around the globe. At an estimated 4% of adults over age 40, there are currently over 300 million persons worldwide who are living with ET. Throughout history, tremors have been recognized and described primarily as an aging-related condition, but we can hypothesize that healers were consulted keep reading

Almost 200 years ago, photography made its entrance onto the stage of technology. Credit for the first known photographic image of a person goes to a Frenchman, Louis Daguerre, who captured a man getting a shoe shine in an 1838 Paris street scene. If only it were possible to capture an image of essential tremor keep reading

What’s on your mind? If you have essential tremor (ET) you probably have a lot of things on your mind: Medications like propranolol and primidone – should I take drugs? What about side effects? Progression – will my tremors get worse? Embarrassment – I can’t drink water or eat soup in a restaurant without splashing keep reading

We encounter it a lot. A person with essential tremor (ET) comes in for a consultation. He/she has been on primidone and/or propranolol for years. The side effects (fogginess, fatigue, etc.) have become unacceptable. Simple tasks are virtually impossible. In short, life sucks. This person now wants a permanent, non-drug solution. They’ve already consulted a keep reading

Would you trust your brain to a neurosurgical treatment you can’t see, hear, and that doesn’t require cutting or drilling? That describes a revolutionary way to control hand tremors caused by a movement disorder called essential tremor (ET). This innovative treatment is MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS or simply FUS), and it works by deadening a keep reading

Imagine you have a big problem you want solved. You find out there are two solutions, A and B, either of which will solve the problem to your satisfaction. You might think, “Well, if A and B work equally well, why not just flip a coin?” But upon further examination, you discover that Solution B keep reading

“The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed.” -Carl Jung Carl Jung, a pioneer in analytic psychology, recognized the paradox of dealing with inner turmoil and vanquishing it as a path to lasting peace. While we may wish that life was simpler and trouble-free, keep reading