Doctors use deep-brain ultrasound therapy to treat tremors
Source: BBC/UK
Doctors in London have used sound waves to successfully operate deep inside the brain.
They treated a man from Cornwall who suffered from uncontrollable tremors in his right hand.
The procedure lasted around five hours and involved more than a dozen "sonications", each lasting several seconds.
These were calculated using the real-time brain scans of the MRI machine, which showed where the temperature hot spot was being targeted.
After each sonication, the patient was asked to raise his right hand to check the tremor.
His neurologist, Dr Bain, also checked that his speech was not slurred, which would be a warning sign that the ultrasound was targeting the wrong part of the brain.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38157770
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Thanks for this! 
I have inherited tremors that my meds don't seem to be keeping up with.
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