My neighbor’s child, Daniel, was only 5 when she noticed that he blinked a lot. Reassured by numerous family members and friends (some of whom were physicians) that it would go away on its own, she ...

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 (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 ...

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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 ...

Tics are abnormal, undesired spastic movements or vocalizations. These movements or vocalizations are repetitive, do not follow a rhythm, and are generally involuntary. Persistent motor or vocal tic ...