This post was written by Chelsea Dale, M.S. Taylor’s mother noticed that her 8-year-old child was constantly sniffing but did not have a cold or allergies and was excessively blinking, head nodding, ...

Dreams have been described as dress rehearsals for real life, opportunities to gratify wishes, and a form of nocturnal therapy. A new theory aims to make sense of it all. This post was written by ...

Functional Tic Disorder — It's a condition neurologists say could be influenced by videos on social media, some of which are about tics and Tourette syndrome. "There's been an influx, a huge influx, ...

Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder that involves abnormal extra movements, or sounds that can be sudden and unwanted. In order to make the diagnosis of Tourette syndrome, these vocal and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. An unusual surge of new-onset tics in patients with no prior history of these disorders, has been ...