Tyler’s Hope for a dystonia cure will be holding its annual golf tournament in Gainesville, FL to raise awareness and also research dollars for dystonia. For more details: http://www.tylershope.org/ …
This TEDx talk on Deep Brain Stimulation titled the Electric Brain was given on February 11, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udZ5ux0dYE Learn more about Deep Brain Stimulation… The human brain is a supercomputer with networks that control the various functions that make us who we are,…
Tyler’s Hope and the University of Florida Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration brought together dystonia, Parkinson, and movement disorders patients in the Season of Hope Run. Together over two years, 100,000 has been raised and will be used to address the critical shortage in clinician-scientists in the field. The…
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday published an article about Deep Brain Stimulation successes. Included were the currently U.S. approved indications such as Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor and dystonia as well as experimental indications such as depression and Tourette syndrome. Dr. Okun and one of our patients were interviewed. Only…
Rasheda Ali, author of “I’ll Hold Your Hand So You Won’t Fall: A Child’s Guide to Parkinson’s Disease” & daughter of Muhammad Ali As…
Rick Staab discusses the reasons for giving the money to start the dystonia center On February 21st, Tyler’s Hope for a Dystonia Cure and the University of Florida held a news conference to announce a new dystonia research center being formed at UF with a $1 million gift. …
The UF Movement Disorders Center and Tyler’s Hope for a Dystonia Cure are grateful for the support of corporate and private sponsors of our first annual Season of Hope Run, held on December 11th, 2010! Raising money for research in the midst of a holiday season is never easy, but…
Timing results are in! Thanks to everyone who ran, walked and joined us at Hawthorne Trail on December 11th (300 runners and a bunch of volunteers) Timing Results Drs. Okun & Malaty Start!…
Hosted here at the UF McKnight Brain Institute, the Tyler’s Hope Think Tank is bringing together a couple dozen of the best minds in dystonia research to present some of their research and thoughts, and to provide questions and critiques on their colleagues’ work to push the field forward. For…
The Tyler’s Hope Center for Comprehensive Dystonia Care is pleased to introduce the first Dystonia Educational Day Center which will be held on Friday, November 13th. The program will run from 8:30am – 3:00pm and will include invited guest speakers from our interdisciplinary team including psychiatry, physical therapy, communication…
