A new study has found no link between a strep throat infection and the development of tics in children who have a parent or sibling with a chronic tic disorder. The research is published in the ...

Billie Eilish has Tourette's syndrome, a brain disorder characterized by repetitive and involuntary sounds and motions. The singer spoke about her tics in a recent interview with David Letterman ...

The study also found that girls with Tourette had lower tic severity and were less likely to have received a formal diagnosis prior to the study, 61% compared to 77% for boys. On average, it takes ...

The new research into Tourette syndrome has found that 1 in 2 children with a tic-related disorder have thought about ending their life, while 1 in 10 children and 1 in 4 affected adults have ...

Schrag and colleagues also found a strong association between sex and tic onset, with girls having a 60% lower risk of developing tics than boys (HR 0.4, 95% CI 0.2-0.7), similar to previous ...

A tic disorder can only be diagnosed by a healthcare provider or specialist — Dr. Logay recommends seeing a neurologist and psychiatrist if you are experiencing tic-like symptoms. Treatment ...

People with Tourette syndrome or chronic tic disorder were more likely than others to be violently assaulted or convicted of a crime, a cohort study in Sweden showed. Compared with the general ...

Depression, anxiety, ADHD and a tic disorder have affected Tyler Read, a Richmond native and junior at Grove Christian School, since his childhood.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning of a rise in eating and tic disorders among teenage girls during the COVID-19 pandemic. Echoing prior research, a new study found the ...

Provisional tic disorder, by definition, lasts for at most a year. If tics continue past a year, then a diagnosis of persistent motor or vocal tic disorder or Tourette’s syndrome may be applicable.

Group A streptococcus (GAS) infection is not associated with new-onset tic disorders in at-risk children, findings from a large prospective study show. The results mean that if pre-teens present ...