Baylen Dupree was officially diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome just ahead of her 18th birthday, though she'd already been experiencing the tics for years. Looking back, her involuntary movements and ...

Jess Thom (left) and Jess Mabel Jones from Thom's show, Backstage in Biscuit Land. Thom's website says she's "changing the world, one tic at a time." Jess Thom says the word "biscuit" about 16,000 ...

Last month, a Wall Street Journal article titled “Teen Girls Are Developing Tics. Doctors Say TikTok Could Be a Factor” went viral on social media. The piece reported a rise in young women presenting ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorder patients were twice as likely to be diagnosed with metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, a longitudinal study of Swedish health registries found. Compared ...

One British performance artist does live shows about living with a constant compulsion to say the word "biscuit." Onstage and online, people with... Jess Thom says the word "biscuit" about 16,000 ...

Jess Thom says the word "biscuit," about 16,000 times every day. Her brother-in-law counted once. That's just one of the tics that Thom, a London-based performance artist, has to manage as part of her ...