Zapping to Fix Your Tremor

Zapping to Fix Your Tremor

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 861 , Segment 2

Russian Spies, Miss America Makeover, Asteroids on Collision Course

Episode: Russian Spies, Miss America Makeover, Asteroids on Collision Course

  • Jul 23, 2018 9:00 pm
  • 16:58 mins

Guest: Howard Eisenberg, MD, Professor, Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Neurosurgeon, University of Maryland Medical Center   Millions of Americans suffer from a condition called “essential tremors” – which is benign, but really disruptive. The involuntary shaking can make it hard to drink from a glass, write or hold objects. The latest treatment approved by the FDA for essential tremors involves zapping part of the patient’s brain with concentrated sound waves.