About 20 per cent of all kids develop temporary tics Also In This Package 8 indoor soft play spots for kids this summer in Dubai Where to go stargazing with kids in UAE Kids make crayons at Dubai’s ...

Around 15 percent of all children have tics, and up to one percent of these children have tics that are classified as chronic. In the case of Tourette's syndrome, tics continue for more than a year ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts have confirmed it: Tics are not a rare or uncommon disorder. It is the second study to be conducted in Spain to date revealing that the prevalence of these motor disorders in the child ...

Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by vocal and motor tics, which can contribute to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Researchers in Japan have developed a removable ...

A new Yale study successfully trained a group of adolescents with Tourette’s syndrome to control their tics using functional magnetic resonance imaging. This marks the first time that fMRI— a ...

Tics are abnormal, undesired spastic movements or vocalizations. These movements or vocalizations are repetitive, do not follow a rhythm, and are generally involuntary. Persistent motor or vocal tic ...

Tics are sudden, uncontrollable, spastic movements or verbal outbursts. These movements or vocalizations are repetitive, do not follow a rhythm, and are generally involuntary. Persistent motor or ...

Stress is believed to be the most probable aggravating factor of tics. Most tics go away as children become older. However, complex tics that lead to strong discomfort, physical damage, and functional ...

When you're a kid, there are few things worst than being different from everyone else. So imagine growing up with a disease that can make you stand out, even if you don't want to. In the new HBO ...