Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation For Focal Hand Dystonia Offers Short-Term Benefits
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is being increasingly explored as a therapeutic tool for movement disorders associated with deficient inhibition throughout the central nervous system. This includes treatment of focal hand dystonia (FHD), characterized by involuntary movement of the fingers either curling into the palm or extending outward. A new study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience reports short-term changes in behavioral, physiologic, and clinical measures that support further research into the therapeutic potential of rTMS... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
European Approval for St. Jude DBS Systems in DystoniaEuropean Approval for St. Jude DBS Systems in Dystonia
St. Jude Medical announced CE Mark approval for its Brio, Libra, and LibraXP deep-brain stimulation systems in both primary and secondary dystonia. International Approvals (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Alert Source Type: news
St. Jude wins European OK for brain implant to treat Dystonia
(Reuters) - St. Jude Medical Inc said on Wednesday it received European regulatory approval for a brain implant to treat an incurable neurological disorder that can leave its victims wheelchair-bound. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Short-term benefits seen with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for focal hand dystonia
(IOS Press) Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is being increasingly explored as a therapeutic tool for movement disorders associated with deficient inhibition throughout the central nervous system. This includes treatment of focal hand dystonia, characterized by involuntary movement of the fingers either curling into the palm or extending outward. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
First Dystonia Gene Found In African-Americans
A pair of studies tells the tale of how a neuroscientist at Mayo Clinic in Florida helped to discover the first African-American family to have inherited the rare movement disorder dystonia, which causes repetitive muscle contractions and twisting, resulting in abnormal posture. The research may improve diagnosis of this neurological condition in a population not known to suffer from it. In the first study, published in 2011 in the journal Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, Mayo Clinic's Zbigniew Wszolek, M.D., and a team of neuroscientists from other institutions in the U.S... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Parkinson's Disease Source Type: news
Psychogenic Dystonia Differs From Organic DiseasePsychogenic Dystonia Differs From Organic Disease
A new brain imaging study compared psychogenic and organic dystonia, with findings that may open new avenues for treatment of psychogenic disorders. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Pallidal Neurostimulation for DystoniaPallidal Neurostimulation for Dystonia
Long-term follow-up following pallidal neurostimulation answers questions about its safety and effectiveness. Medscape Neurology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Commentary Source Type: news
DBS Benefits in Dystonia May Linger After Device Shut-OffDBS Benefits in Dystonia May Linger After Device Shut-Off
New report adds to a 'small but emerging' body of evidence of lingering motor benefit in dystonia after interruption of neurostimulation. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Deep Brain Therapy Benefits May Linger After Device Turned Off In Some Dystonia Cases
Two patients freed from severe to disabling effects of dystonia through deep brain stimulation therapy continued to have symptom relief for months after their devices accidentally were fully or partly turned off, according to a report published online in the journal Movement Disorders. "Current thought is that symptoms will worsen within hours or days of device shut-off, but these two young men continued to have clinical benefit despite interruption of DBS therapy for several months... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
In some dystonia cases, deep brain therapy benefits may linger after device turned off
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) Two patients freed from severe to disabling effects of dystonia through deep brain stimulation therapy continued to have symptom relief for months after their devices accidentally were fully or partly turned off, according to a report published online Feb. 11 in the journal Movement Disorders. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
British grandmother Jackie Meacock poses for a snapshot with her children. Hours later she ended her life at Dignitas
The constant pain of dystonia, an incurable nerve condition, meant 71-year-old Jackie Meacock felt life was no longer living. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
