Essential tremor (ET) is a brain condition that causes uncontrollable shaking of the hands, head, and voice. In some cases, it can also cause your legs and trunk to shake. Also called benign essential ...

After 25 years of essential tremor, Joyce Clifton regained steady hands thanks to focused ultrasound at University of Utah Health. The incisionless treatment restored her ability to write, bake, and ...

On the primary outcome, 31% of head tremor patients in the botulinum toxin group improved by at least 2 points on the Clinical Global Impression of Change (CGI) scale at 18 weeks, compared with 9% in ...

For millions of people around the world with essential tremor, everyday activities from eating and drinking to dressing and doing basic tasks can become impossible. This common neurological movement ...

Katharine Hepburn had it. So did playwright Eugene O'Neill and Sen. Robert Byrd. Essential tremor is a condition that causes involuntary shaking. While it usually develops in middle age, it can start ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Botulinum toxin has often been used to treat head tremor despite limited evidence of its use. The current study ...

Injection of botulinum toxin into each splenius capitis muscle at baseline and week 12 was more effective than placebo in reducing the severity of essential head tremor over 18 weeks. Effects waned at ...

Essential tremor is one of the most common movement disorders, yet it often is mistaken for other neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. Affecting an estimated 7 to 10 million Americans, ...