DANVERS — The state Department of Public Health found no environmental factors contributed to an outbreak of vocal tics and repetitive hiccups in a reported 19 students at the former Essex ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: A reader wrote to you concerning a cough he had had for 10 years. During that time, he had seen many physicians and taken many medicines, to no avail. You were able to identify that ...

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 ...

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from across the country answering your education ...

Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute have made significant strides in improving the lives of patients with Tourette syndrome. Their recent publication highlights how behavioral therapies—an ...

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 ...

DANVERS — The state Department of Public Health found no environmental factors contributed to an outbreak of vocal tics and repetitive hiccups in a reported 19 students at the former Essex ...