Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more children are being diagnosed with tics. In October, the Wall Street Journal covered the emergence; other stories and accounts followed. In some cases, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ecopipam, a novel investigational compound for central nervous system disorders significantly reduced symptoms ...

Two of the tallest buildings in Philadelphia, One Liberty Place and Two Liberty Place, will turn their lights teal on Tuesday night to mark Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month. Tourette syndrome, a ...

My nine-year-old’s record for clearing her throat is 33 times in one minute. I counted. It’s a noise so distracting sometimes you can’t really do anything else but count how many times it happens.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SEATTLE — A decrease in the severity of tics in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome was observed ...

image: Studying children shortly after they began experiencing tics, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discovered that although tics don't go away, most children are ...

Jodacie Bartley, 10, was fine when her mother, Veronica Dominguez, dropped her off at Bayfield Intermediate School in August. Five hours later, she was having seizure-like spasms, then muscle tics and ...

Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by vocal and motor tics, which can contribute to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Researchers in Japan have developed a removable ...

Tics are sudden, uncontrollable, spastic movements or verbal outbursts. These movements or vocalizations are repetitive, do not follow a rhythm, and are generally involuntary. Persistent motor or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to an estimate from the Tourette Association of America, one out of every 50 kids in the US has Tourette Syndrome or ...

At least 20 percent of elementary school-age children develop tics such as excessive blinking, throat clearing or sniffing, but for most of those kids, the tics don't become a long-term problem.