July 15, 2022

68: Updates in Essential Tremor Care

27 minutes

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In this episode, we spoke with Rajesh Pahwa, MD, professor of neurology, and director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Center, University of Kansas Medical Center. He spoke about the current state of treatment for essential tremor, including the therapeutic and surgical options for this population, and shared his perspective on the latest advances in clinical care and diagnosis, the role of the patient-physician relationship, and the research into the disease's underlying processes.

Episode Breakdown:

1:25 – Overview of the current state of essential tremor care

7:05 – Changes in thinking about essential tremor

9:05 – Potential in the therapeutics pipeline

10:45 – Advances in the understanding of essential tremor

12:40 – Neurology News Minute

15:30 – The role of shared decision-making in care

18:50 – Surgical options for essential tremor treatment

22:00 – Education and diagnosis outside of movement specialists

24:00 – Advances on the horizon

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The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here:

Biogen, Alectos Announce Licensing Agreement for Parkinson Disease GBA2 Inhibitor AL01811

FDA Advisory Committee Agrees to Reconvene for Decision on ALS Treatment AMX0035

FDA Accepts BLA for Lecanemab in Alzheimer Disease, Sets PDUFA Date for January 2023

FDA Places Clinical Hold on Phase 2/3 ReMEDy2 Trial of DM199 in Acute Ischemic Stroke

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