Latest What Is Dystonia News

• Disease and the Public Eye
  May 18, 2013 5:32 AM I had never heard of dystonia — until my doctors told me I had it.
• Non-invasive brain surgery: an interview with Dr Andres Lozano, University of Toronto
  April 22, 2013 11:03 AM MR-guided focused ultrasound is a new technique that involves focusing 1024 beams of ultrasound through the skull to a focal point in the brain, very much like using the sun and a magnifying glass to burn a hole in a sheet of paper.
• Mother-daughter team to particpate in America’s SUPER Pageant
  May 8, 2013 8:05 PM Beauty is more than just skin deep.
• Tallahassee Family Donates 1 Million Dollars For Brain Research
  April 25, 2013 4:06 PM “We don’t want anyone else’s child to go through what our son did,” said Erwin Jackson.
• Upcoming Abilene, Big Country calendar
  May 19, 2013 12:03 PM What's happening in Abilene and the surrounding area this week.
• Inside experimental Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery
  May 7, 2013 2:13 AM PEORIA, Ill -- A local woman is undergoing experimental brain surgery after a drunken driver ran over her nearly 20 years ago.
• Medtronic Announces FDA Classification Of Deep Brain Stimulation Lead Cap Communication
  May 3, 2013 2:04 PM In keeping with its commitment to keep physicians informed about product performance and safety, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) issued an Urgent Medical Device Correction notification in February 2013 to provide physicians with information concerning the potential for deep brain stimulation (DBS) lead damage associated with the use of the lead cap provided in Medtronic DBS lead kits and dystonia ...
• Circling the Square: Act of kindness follows two unbelievable weeks
  April 29, 2013 3:00 PM Can you believe the way these last two weeks have played out? It started with the two horrendous explosions on Marathon Monday followed by the deaths of three people and severe injuries to what is now known to be more than 264 people.
• RANDALL BEACH: Nothing can shut down my brother's magnificent marathon obsession
  April 21, 2013 12:56 AM One spring day in 1967, my brother, Ben Beach, heard a story about a race called the Boston Marathon. He thought it was something he’d like to try to do.
• Things my mother taught me: Well-known people share lessons learned from their moms
  May 9, 2013 6:04 AM Mothers shape the future for their children. Well-known people from around the country share lessons learned from their mothers.