Teenage girls across the globe have been showing up at doctors’ offices with tics—physical jerking movements and verbal outbursts—since the start of the pandemic. Movement-disorder doctors were ...

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 ...

It's the kind of medical mystery that terrifies parents. Teenagers and young adults have been showing up to health centers with sudden-onset verbal and physical tics. Repeating words like “beans.” ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A Children’s National Hospital physician and group of pediatric neurologists saw an “unexplained surge” in children with tic-like behavior during the pandemic, including some ...

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 with ...

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A problem during the pandemic: a rise in mental and physical issues related to too much screen time. Medical professionals are especially noticing more children dealing with issues. Pediatricians said ...