Adrenaline increases the "alertness" of the nervous system, meaning it's ready to trigger muscle contraction. It also increases the amount of blood flow and changes the tension of the muscles, which, ...

Ticked off about your eyelid tic? Dr. Anthony Youn, a board-certified plastic surgeon based in Michigan, is sharing three ways to stop the pesky twitching. “It happens to so many of us,” Youn said ...

Doctors have reported an influx of teen patients with tics, or involuntary movements or vocalizations, since 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal. A recent, small study considered young adults ...

The speed with which symptoms appear in individuals as well as the way these tics manifest sets them apart from Tourette’s and other tic disorders. These symptoms appear to be ‘functional’ (what would ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (IVANHOE NEWSWIRE)- Twitching, verbal outbursts, involuntary repetitive movements, and sounds. These are the symptoms of Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder that tends to affect ...

You are what content you consume? Physicians at hospitals all over the world are reporting a bizarre phenomenon that’s seen a rapid rise in teenage girls developing tics — physical twitches — which ...

WINDER, Ga. — Eleven-year-old Blake Desadier thought his mom was lying when she told him there were other kids like him with Tourette's syndrome. Then he went to "Camp Twitch and Shout," a weeklong ...

How common are tics during childhood? Tics are so widespread that some experts say they are a normal part of growing up. About 20 percent of children will develop a tic—an involuntary movement such as ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition that involves repetitive thoughts and behaviors. If you have OCD, you might also experience tics or disruptive involuntary sounds or ...

During the pandemic, news reports surfaced of a surge of young adults showing up at doctors' offices with unexplainable movement disorders that looked, perhaps to a nonspecialist, a little bit like ...