Tics are sudden, uncontrollable, spastic movements or verbal outbursts. These movements or vocalizations are repetitive, do not follow a rhythm, and are generally involuntary. Persistent motor or ...

Jess Thom (left) and Jess Mabel Jones from Thom's show, Backstage in Biscuit Land. Thom's website says she's "changing the world, one tic at a time." Jess Thom says the word "biscuit" about 16,000 ...

Individuals with severe Tourette syndrome or chronic tic disorder (TS/CTD) are at increased risk for cervical spine disorders and related neurological conditions, new research suggests. In a study of ...

Singer-songwriter Billie Eilish is raising awareness about Tourette’s syndrome after experiencing a head tic during a recent interview with comedian David Letterman on his Netflix series "My Next ...

Last fall I reported on a phenomenon that doctors around the globe were just beginning to understand: Teen girls were showing up in hospitals and clinics with sudden motor and verbal tics seemingly ...

A team of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has identified a neural network which is responsible for generating tic disorders. Targeting of this network via deep brain stimulation ...

Though the repetitive vocal and motor tics characteristic of Tourette's syndrome may suggest an inability to control involuntary actions at the cognitive level, researchers have now found evidence ...

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 ...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more children are being diagnosed with tics. In October, the Wall Street Journal covered the emergence; other stories and accounts followed. In some cases, ...

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 ...