Category: Parkinson’s Disease

Essential tremor (ET) is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s disease (PD). Either one is scary, since both have no known cause or cure. Also, both ET and PD are progressive, meaning future deterioration is expected. While ET does not have the same devastating consequences at PD, it occurs eight times more often. One might think, then, keep reading

On December 18, 2018 an important press release was issued by Insightec, the manufacturer of the MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) device used at Sperling Neurosurgery Associates to treat essential tremor (ET). The press release held very good news for people with tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease (PD). In short, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved keep reading