Talking Essential Tremor

Essential tremor may cause physical limitations in the workplace. At what point should you inform your employer? Fred Gutermuth talks about his experience.

Dr. Brianna Matzke, assistant professor of music at Wilmington College, announced her essential tremor diagnosis as part of a commissioned arts project called TREMOR: The Response Project. She has commissioned artists and composers to create piano, visual art and multimedia exploring the lived experience of ET, but more importantly, ability and disability.

Jillian Mars has spent the past two years working to make an impact on essential tremor (ET) awareness. As a contestant in the Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Program she has adopted ET as her community service initiative, and has been educating others during appearances and speeches. She talks about her journey with ET.

Tish Hevel, CEO of the Brain Donor Project, explains the process of becoming a brain donor. Brain donation is critical to the role of identifying treatments and cures for all kinds of brain disease, including essential tremor.

Four to five years after undergoing focused ultrasound (FUS) to treat their essential tremor, patients are continuing to endure benefits. In this podcast, Dr. Rees Cosgrove, director of epilepsy and functional neurosurgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, talks about the study and the enhancements made to FUS.

Cala Trio continues to be an effective therapy for managing essential tremor, according to a recently released study by Cala Health. Liana Hennum, head of health economics outcomes research for Cala, talks about other positive outcomes revealed in this study.

Research shows that one of every 100 people on the planet has essential tremor (ET). This is one of the many results published in the article, "How Common is Essential Tremor? Update on the Worldwide Prevalence of Essential Tremor." Learn more statistics in this podcast interview with co-author of the study, Dr. Elan Louis, professor and chair of the department of neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.

Much has happened in the field of tremors in the past 10+ years and a newly published book, "Tremors" brings it all together. It shares recent developments in understanding tremor pathology and genetics, as well as the clinical findings in treatment models. Listen to this conversation with one of the co-editors Dr. Claudia Testa, with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

Her goal is to find one person every day to educate about essential tremor. She uses the name Shakey Nan, and posts videos on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, not only talking about it, but also showing it first-hand. She said she's never known a day without ET, and raising awareness has made her less self-conscious and has given her back her life.

Navy Veteran Peder Nelson is training for his second Cloudsplitter 100, a 100-mile ultramarathon. His goal is to raise awareness about essential tremor and support for the mission of the International Essential Tremor Foundation. Hear his ET story and learn how exercise helps him emotionally and physically. Follow his story and journey on his Difficult Destinations Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Jalap3dr0.