New treatment hailed as "life changer" for tremor patients

by Molly Shen

Wed, March 15th 2017, 5:19 AM UTC

Doctors at Swedish Medical Center are performing a new treatment called focused ultrasound to help patients with a movement disorder called essential tremor. (Photo: KOMO News)

"I've got my life back." Gregg Ley underwent the new treatment at Swedish called focused ultrasound, for his essential tremor movement disorder. There's no incision. Instead, beams of energy destroy the damaged brain tissue that was causing the tremors. (Photo: KOMO News)

Doctors at Swedish Medical Center are performing a new treatment called focused ultrasound to help patients with a movement disorder called essential tremor. (Photo: KOMO News)

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Doctors at Swedish Medical Center are performing a new treatment called focused ultrasound to help patients with a movement disorder called essential tremor. (Photo: KOMO News)