Hand Tremors Virtually Disappear after Brain Cells Are Treated with High Intensity Focused Ultrasoun (IMAGE)

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Hand Tremors Virtually Disappear after Brain Cells Are Treated with High Intensity Focused Ultrasoun

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Stephen Palovchik, 71, of Delaware, OH holds his right hand steady for the first time since he was a teenager, following an investigational treatment at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Doctors performed MR-guided focused ultrasound, a highly precise procedure that burned a small area deep in Palovchik`s brain that was causing his tremor. Within hours of his treatment, Palovchik says the tremors that plagued him for decades subsided.

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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

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