Stop Spilling Your Soup!: The Complete Essential Tremor Solution - Couverture souple

Mayo MD FAANS, Dr. Darlene A

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ISBN 10 : 0578205815 ISBN 13 : 9780578205816

Editeur : Dr. Mayo's Books, 2018

Synopsis

Do you shake and don’t know why? Have a family member with tremors? Board certified neurosurgeon Dr. Darlene A. Mayo explains in this book the most common causes of tremor and the symptoms you most often see with each condition. She wrote this book based on years and years of experience evaluating and treating patients with tremor. In this book she shares with you a multitude of proven ways to slow down or stop your tremors. From at home treatments to medicines and surgeries to alternative treatments, you will learn over 50 ways that tremors caused by ET, Parkinson’s disease, and other conditions can be controlled. You will learn how to make small changes to your diet, natural herbs you can take, easy exercises you can do at home. You will understand the roles of all the medical providers who can help you and what to expect at doctor visits. You will learn exactly what is involved in the evaluation process and what will happen during deep brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, and gamma knife procedures. Dr. Mayo explains all of this in language that is easy to read for people with no medical knowledge. You will also find a section on alternative treatments, including acupuncture and chiropractic treatment. You will learn about the latest research, including the studies on cannabis as a treatment for tremors. In addition to the treatments for tremors, this book includes a section on the latest assistive devices, including weighted gloves and software to help reduce extra clicks when you use your phone or computer. There is also a section describing aids to help you enjoy your hobbies again, like knitting, golfing, or painting. As a bonus, the last section of the book includes information on how to make decisions about your medical care and treatment choices. Sometimes all the choices we have can seem overwhelming! Dr. Mayo gives you a step-by-step process to help you narrow down your choices and feel confident in your decisions. Stop Spilling Your Soup! The Complete Essential Tremor Solution is the guide you need to understand what may be causing your tremor and learn how to stop shaking so you can eat the foods you love, write a note so you and others can read it, and enjoy your hobbies again!

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Darlene A. Mayo (née Lobel) is a board certified neurosurgeon who is internationally known as an expert in the treatment of essential tremor and other movement disorders. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University and her Medical Doctorate from Medical College of Georgia. She completed clinical fellowships in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Epilepsy at UCLA and Emory, finishing training in 2007. She also completed two research fellowships, first in Grenoble, France, where she worked for two years with Professor Alim-Louis Benabid at Clinatec on the clinical protocol and implementation of a brain computer interface system, designed to aid quadriplegic patients. She then completed a fellowship in the Neural Engineering Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where she worked on the design and preclinical assessment of an intraspinal microstimulation system to restore neurologic function after spinal cord injury. Dr. Mayo worked for two years as a Neurosurgeon and Assistant Professor at University of Florida-Jacksonville and for nearly five years as a Neurosurgeon and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Biomedical Engineering at the Cleveland Clinic, where she had a busy clinical practice treating patients with essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease and an active research laboratory. She also co-led an essential tremor support group for two years in the Cleveland area and continues to share her medical knowledge with ET patients. Dr. Mayo is a renowned author with over 25 publications, including peer-reviewed manuscripts, books, and book chapters, and is an internationally acclaimed speaker. She has spent years researching ways to improve tremors, having served as a consultant and lead investigator on clinical trials in the U.S. and abroad. She also serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for neurosurgical and biomedical engineering journals, and serves on grant review panels, as reviewer and as chair. Her expertise is widely sought after as a reviewer, invited speaker, and as an expert in deep brain stimulation by other scientists and researchers. She has a passion for teaching, which extends not only to medical students and residents in training, but to her patients and to anyone who is looking to learn more about medical conditions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dr. Mayo's Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0578205815
• ISBN 13: 9780578205816
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 148
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg