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Science & Medicine: Focused ultrasound quiets essential tremor when medication falls short

Science & Medicine: Focused ultrasound quiets essential tremor when medication falls short
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Essential tremor affects up to 10 million U.S. adults, and for about half of patients, medication doesn’t control the shaking. UT Health San Antonio neurosurgeon Dr. Alexander Papanastassiou explains how MRI-guided focused ultrasound uses heat to target the part of the brain causing the tremor, t...

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