Tics and involuntary movements are a hallmark of Tourette's syndrome, an odd and little understood disorder that has been linked to various abnormalities in the brain. But tics can appear in other ...

Usually when Dr. Joseph Pinter sees young patients with tics, it's the parents who are most bothered. A 4 or 5-year-old who's blinking his eyes excessively or rolling her eyes every few seconds may ...

Continued use of a drug called ecopipam can cut the risk of relapse in half for children battling tics caused by Tourette syndrome (TS).

Dr. Barbara Coffey, director of the Tics and Tourette’s Disorder Clinical and Research Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has been ...

During Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month, two University of Hawaii medical students are sharing how a condition often ...

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 ...