ST. PAUL, MN – Children in special education classes are more likely to have tic disorders such as Tourette syndrome than children in regular classes, and these disorders are more common in all ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Tik Tok is in the spotlight once again, after researchers suggest a sudden increase in teen tics could be linked to the popular social media site. Health experts from ...

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and tic disorders showed a 37 percent improvement when they took the medication guanfacine, an alternative to drugs like Ritalin, which ...

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 ...

Tics take the form of abnormal, repetitive, and unintentional movements or vocalizations that do not follow any rhythm or pattern. Provisional tic disorder, previously known as transient tic disorder, ...

For reasons that remain murky, new research warns that a spike in social media use during the pandemic might have worsened tic disorders in children. Tics are sudden twitches, movements or sounds that ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Everyone copes with anxiety differently. But amid the extra stressors of the pandemic, doctors across the country are seeing a rise in patients coming to them for tic disorders, or ...

Exposure to the bacteria that causes strep throat does not appear to make Tourette syndrome and other chronic tic disorders worse in children and teens, according to a new study. However, exposure was ...

There's concern about a new trend that is baffling doctors and is possibly fueled by social media. Dr. Zelime Elibol, director of the Children's Tourette Syndrome Clinic at Cook Children's Medical ...

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. A new study has found no link between a ...

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 ...