GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Disruptions during the height of the pandemic affected every part of our lives, and for teenagers, some of those changes will have last impacts. A neurologist at Helen Devos ...

How common are tics during childhood? Tics are so widespread that some experts say they are a normal part of growing up. About 20 percent of children will develop a tic—an involuntary movement such as ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Neurologists at Vanderbilt Health sound the alarm about functional tic disorder presenting mostly in female patients between 13 and 18 years old three to four times more than ...

When my son was in high school, he had the opportunity to participate in a research study on the neurobiology of ADHD in children and adolescents. My son has always been open about his ADHD, so I ...

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 ...

COPENHAGEN — A novel machine-learning tool that can distinguish between tics in patients with tic disorders and non-tic movements in healthy controls could potentially save clinicians time and improve ...

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 ...

Ever found yourself blinking rapidly without realising it? It could be your nose or ear flicks, or you suddenly clear your throat multiple times. These repetitive movements or sounds might seem ...

Since the onset of the pandemic, specialists around the globe have seen a spike in young patients that have developed tics. And some have pointed to social media, particularly TikTok, as a factor.