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Help Available for Essential Tremor
- a Common Movement Disorder
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. --
If a tremor or shakiness is
keeping you from the things
you enjoy, treatments may be
able to help. People may con-
sider "the shakes" as a part of
the aging process, but that
usually is not the case. Trem-
bling hands often are a sign
of a common movement dis-
order called "essential
tremor."
Essential tremor is a com-
mon movement disorder af-
fecting about 5 million Ameri-
cans, most of them age 60 or
older. The disorder cause
may
your hands, head, voice or
face to tremble. Fortunately,
essential tremor usually is not
a sign of an underlining health
condition.
If the tremor is severe, your
doctor may recommend op-
tions, such as:
Medication--Medications
provide relief from essential
tremor about 40 to 60 percent
of the time.
Surgery--Only for people
whose tremor is disabling.
Between 70 to 80 percent of
people who have surgery find
substantial relief.
Doctors also are hoping a
new device called a thalamic
stimulator may someday pro-
vide a promising treatment for
severe cases of essential
tremor.
Most people with essential
tremor don't need treatment.
If you find the tremor hinder-
ing your lifestyle, talk with
your doctor about q'eatment
options.
Your genes pass on traits such
as blue eyes and curly hair, as
well as certain diseases.
To begin your family tree,
start with your most immedi-
ate relatives - your parents,
your siblings and your chil-
dren. Then add grandparents,
aunts, uncles and cousins.
Talk or write to each person
to find out his or her health
history. When interviewing,
think of the "Five W's" jour-
nalists use:
WHO--Get the full name,
birth date and number of chil-
dren.
WHAT--What conditions
does (or did) the person have?
Look for diseases such as
coronary artery disease.
stroke, arthritis, cancer, high
blood pressure and diabetes.
WHERE--Where was this
person born, or where and
when did he or she die?
WHEN--How old was the
person when the condition
was diagnosed?
WHY and HOW--Fill in
Scientist are working to
help make the egg more
healthful by developing
low-cholesterol eggs, eggs
with beneficial fatty acids
and pasteurized eggs, ac-
cording to the March issue
of Mayo Clinic Health
Letter.
New developments in eggs
include:
Eggs enriched with Omega-
3 fatty acids--Omega-3 fatty
acids are a type of polyunsatu-
rated fat that is less harmful
to your arteries and heart than
other forms of fat.
Low-cholesterol eggs--
Much of the cholesterol is re-
moved from eggs, However,
the process is expensive and
the product is not currently on
the market.
Pasteurized eggs--Eggs are
pasteurized while still in the
shell, reducing the risk of con-
tamination from bacteria such
as salmonella. The pasteur-
ized egg is a good option for
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the details. What kind of weakened immune system,
lifestyle does (or did) the per- and in recipes calling for raw
son lead and what other infer- eggs.
mation may shed light on his Despite the new options for
or her health problems? egg-lovers, nutritionists still
In general, the more often advise limiting cholesterol
and earlier a condition occurs whenever possible. That
in your relatives, the more means using eggs in modera-
likely you may be at risk. tion-no more than four to five
eggs a week.
More Healthful Eggs Mayo Clinic Health Letter
Available, But Cau- is a monthly publication that
tion Still Advised provides useful, reliable and
easy-to-understand health in-
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Better Screening and
Testing Make Today's
Blood Supply Safer
Improved screening, testin
and treatment methods have
significantly reduced the risk
of receiving contaminated
blood, according to the March
issue of Mayo Clinic Health
Letter.
Benefits far outweigh the
risks in most cases when a
blood transfusion is needed.
Today, your chances of get-
ting AIDS from a blood trans-
fusion are between 1 in
500,000 and 1 in a million.
Those are not bad odds when
you consider your chances in
any given year of being killed
in a car accident are 1 in
11,000.
All donors are thoroughly
screened and all donated
blood is tested for the follow-
ing: HIV-1 (the AIDS virus),
HIV-2 (a rare virus related to
HIV-1), Hepatitis B, Hepati-
tis C, Human T-cell
lymphotropic virus-l, Syphi-
lis.
There will always be some
risk in receiving a blood trans-
fusion. However, better
screening and testing make
today's blood supply safer
than ever before.
Charting Your Family
"Gene Tree" Provides
Valuable Health
Information
Charting your family gene
tree can give you and your
doctor valuable information
when making medical deci-
sions, and may help you
take action to avoid diseases
that you may be at risk of,
according to the March is-
sue of Mayo Clinic" Health
Letter.
Genes are the molecular
blueprint for your body. De-
fects on these genes can cause
many diseases and disorders.
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