"I wear my green sunflower lanyard to represent my invisible disability." (Photo: Photo Courtesy Of Lara Boyle) It started small. I was 20 when I began to experience the rapid blinking, head tilting ...

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 ...

The incidence rate of 'tic disorder,' characterized by repetitive movements or vocalizations that occur against one's will, has more than doubled in South Korea over the past decade. The rate of onset ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. An unusual surge of new-onset tics in patients with no prior history of these disorders, has been ...

Oral delta-9-tetrahydracannabinol (Δ9-THC) and palmitoylethanolamide (PEA), in a proprietary combination known as THX-110, is promising for reducing tic symptoms in adults with Tourette syndrome (TS), ...

At first glance, tics and body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) can look remarkably similar. Both involve repeated behaviors that may seem involuntary, often start in childhood or adolescence, and ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been a surge in the number of adolescent girls and young women presenting to neurology clinics with Tourette's-like symptoms (Müller-Vahl et al., 2021).