Nonvoluntary stressful movements or sounds are everyday reality for children and adolescents with Tourette Syndrome, but the symptoms can be significantly reduced -- both when help comes individually ...

Group A streptococcus (GAS) infection is not associated with new-onset tic disorders in at-risk children, findings from a large prospective study show. The results mean that if pre-teens present with ...

A multisite study has developed an effective, non-medication treatment for children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome and related tic disorders that shows improvement similar to that found in ...

TS symptoms typically begin between the ages of 4 and 7. These symptoms present in the form of tics, or sudden, rapid, ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A Children’s National Hospital physician and group of pediatric neurologists saw an “unexplained surge” in children with tic-like behavior during the pandemic, including some ...

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Tik Tok is in the spotlight once again, after researchers suggest a sudden increase in teen tics could be linked to the popular social media site. Health experts from ...

Often the conclusions of psychopharmacological research articles are interpreted as dogmatic absolutes leaving little room for contrary clinical experience. An example of a successful study that ...

Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by tics like grimacing, blinking and vocalizations, is normally treated in children and teens with one of several antipsychotic medications.

For most kids tics are a temporary thing, and they're also essentially out of their control. Let's talk about tics. Not the crawling, creepy ticks that suck your blood, but the kind that involve ...

Therapy against tics works, and both group and individual treatment are suitable methods to achieve a good effect. This is the conclusion reached by a group of Danish researchers after comparing the ...