Duke neurosurgeons have now begun a non-invasive program to minimize or eliminate essential tremors. It’s a condition that causes uncontrollable shaking of the hands, often seen in patients with ...

Tremors caused by Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor are not life-threatening, but they can become disabling for many patients, according to Dr. Umber Akbar, a neurologist and co-director of the ...

Having a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure can be a stressful experience, even for adults. To a child it can be terrifying. As Hawaii’s pediatric specialty hospital, Kapiolani Medical Center ...

A radiology technician examines an MRI scan from a patient at Coney Island Hospital in New York. An MRI procedure, which relies on magnetic pulses that target hydrogen atoms in a patient’s body, is ...

Doctors use MRI scans to diagnose and monitor head injuries and to check for abnormalities in the head or brain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans provide 3-D images of specific body parts. The ...