What are the barriers to focused ultrasound treatment for individuals who have essential tremor? Do they involve gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic factors? See what a study showed in this presentation by Dr. Vibhor Krishna, associate professor and vice chair of inpatient operations for the department of neurology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of […]
Essential tremor impacts about 25 million people worldwide. In this video, Dr. Kandice Kapinos, senior economist and professor of public policy, RAND School of Public Policy, discusses the economic costs of care and treatment for people living with essential tremor.
Breathing is a tool people can use to help manage stress and anxiety. Since stress and anxiety can worsen essential tremor, when individuals learn to control breathing, it can make an impact on its severity. This presentation is by Elsa Unenge, founder of Breath Curriculum. After watching, take part in this free 8-minute practice session […]
Learn about Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) treatment for essential tremor offered by Boston Scientific, including some of the new technology being offered. This presentation is by Dr. Philip Tipton, neurologist, and director of the Cole Center for Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville.
Nudge, a neurotechnology company based in San Francisco, is studying how low intensity ultrasound affects brain activity and tremor symptoms in people with essential tremor. In this video, Dr. David Segar, medical director of Nudge, gives an overview of Nudge’s research in this area.
Dr. Richard Dewey, medical director at Fasikl, discusses the Felix NeuroAI system. The wristband device uses an artificial intelligence system for personalized stimulation for day long continuous tremor relief.
SPEAK OUT! Therapy helps people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other related disorders like vocal essential tremor, regain and retain their speech and swallowing. Hilary Byatt, M.S., CCC-SLP, speech/language pathologist and chief operating officer of the Parkinson Voice Project, explains how this therapy works to improve shaky and hoarse voice, pitch breaks, softer voices and […]
Learn about the Cala kIQ System – the science behind it, how it is used, and how people with essential tremor (ET) can get access to this therapy. The presenter for this virtual education event is Alex Kent, VP of Research at Cala Health. Cala kIQ is a wrist-worn device similar to a wrist watch, […]
Dr. Fatta Nahab, voluntary professor of neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego, gives an overview of the Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Study of Oral Cannabis for Essential Tremor. The goal of the study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an oral cannabis formulation in a controlled clinical trial. Read the entire […]
Orthostatic tremor is a somewhat rare and mysterious condition. It is a tremor of the lower limbs and trunk which is only present when a person is standing. Learn more about it in this presentation by Dr. Alfonso Fasano, chair in neuromodulation, professor of medicine (neurology), University of Toronto, Canada.