Tag: International Essential Tremor Foundation

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The International Essential Tremor Foundation will bring together experts, scientists, patients, and family members for a day of learning about essential tremor.  Lenexa, Kansas – The first ever Essential Tremor Virtual Education Conference will take place Saturday, October, 29, 2022, from 9 AM to 1 PM (CST). Hosted by the International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF), […]

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Each semester, the IETF awards four $1,000 college scholarships to students who have essential tremor through its Catherine S. Rice Scholarship Fund. As part of the application process, students are asked to write an essay on the topic, “how essential tremor has affected my life.” The following essay is from one of our fall 2022 […]

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Donna’s Story I started seeing signs of essential tremor at the age of 44. It started in my hands. I would have a day with shaky hands and then the next it was gone. I could go a month easily without shaky hands before it happened again. I didn’t think too much about it, though I was curious. I figured if […]

Each semester, the IETF awards four $1,000 college scholarships to students who have essential tremor through its Catherine S. Rice Scholarship Fund. As part of the application process, students are asked to write an essay on the topic, “how essential tremor has affected my life.” The following essay is from one of our fall 2021 […]

BURLINGAME, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cala Health, a bioelectronic medicine company developing wearable therapies for chronic disease, announces two validating pieces of news for the non-invasive prescription therapy for essential tremor (ET), Cala Trio™. Real-world evidence of a Veteran Affairs (VA) patient population presented at The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) 2021 virtual congress on September 15 showcases Cala […]

Shaky hands are not a sign of aging. And a shaky head is not a sure sign of Parkinson’s disease. An involuntary shaking of the hands, head, voice, legs or trunk can be a sign of essential tremor (ET). ET is one of the most common movement disorders in the world, and the most common […]