RALEIGH, N.C. - Rick Shocket sits on the floor of his Cary, N.C., bedroom, absorbed in building his latest Lego Bionicles creature. His concentration is interrupted by soft, hiccuplike squeaks that ...

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 ...

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder. Tourette syndrome causes unwanted repetitive movements or sounds called tics. TS is more common in males than females. Simple tics are sudden, brief ...

State health officials soon will allow the use of medical marijuana for people with sickle cell disease as well as those with chronic vocal or motor tic disorder. Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An assessment of patients with adult Tourette syndrome (TS) to identify clinical factors that contribute to psychosocial and occupational disabilities resulting from the vocal or ...

Osaka, Japan - 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 ...

Motor tics are spasmodic contractions of muscles, which typically involve the face and are habitual. Examples include squinting the eyes, grimacing, or even turning the head. Sometimes motor tics ...

A new Yale study successfully trained a group of adolescents with Tourette’s syndrome to control their tics using functional magnetic resonance imaging. This marks the first time that fMRI— a ...

Tics take the form of abnormal, repetitive, and unintentional movements or vocalizations that do not follow any rhythm or pattern. Provisional tic disorder, previously known as transient tic disorder, ...

Believe it or not, eye rolling isn’t always a sign of disrespect. It’s one of the most common tics that children can develop. Other common tics are blinking, coughing and throat clearing. “A tic is an ...

Girls and young women have been developing strange tics, alarming doctors who have blamed these cases on being exposed to TikTok videos on tics as well as the stress caused by isolation during the ...

Tourette syndrome is a relatively common and complex neurobehavioral disorder characterized by motor and vocal (phonic) tics. Tics are abrupt, rapid, brief, repetitive behaviors that may resemble ...