Tag: Rita Sevart

Focused ultrasound was approved as a treatment for essential tremor in 2016. It utilizes sound waves to target and burn tissue deep within the thalamus (in the middle part of the brain) to stop tremor. The thalamus is the relay station for motor and sensory signals. The patient has their head shaved and wears a […]

By Dave Sevart, caregiver Forty plus years ago, my then fiancée, Rita, asked if it bothered me that sometimes her hands were shaky. I said, “No,” as I figured that was going to be the “in sickness and in health” part of our wedding vows. Forty years later, the marriage vows should have included “ET […]