For many people, Tourette’s syndrome is nothing more than blurting out inappropriate words and phrases, including profanities. Celebrities and even politicians have used the word Tourette’s to relieve ...

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 ...

A leading charity dedicated to supporting people with Tourette syndrome is furious that NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" brought negative attention to the neurological condition, suggesting it’s "not a ...

Last summer, 17-year-old Eliza began experiencing mild but uncontrollable tics. Her nose would twitch, her eyes would shut and squint. By August, she had been diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome, and ...

A controversial moment involving a racial slur at the British Academy Film Awards has prompted an apology by the BBC and put a spotlight on a symptom of Tourette syndrome known as coprolalia. A series ...

Verbal or physical tics can be a daily struggle. So can dealing with the hurt they may cause. By Christina Caron and Simar Bajaj Emauni Crawley, 23, a behavioral health coach with Tourette’s syndrome, ...

“Quelle étrange petite fille!” said an agitated woman in the grocery store. When my 8-year-old self asked my mother what the woman had said, Mom didn’t reply, even though she knew some Cajun French, ...

John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic “I Swear,” involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s speech at the BAFTA film awards in London on Feb.

Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson has explained he left the British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs) ceremony early on Monday night, aware his outbursts were causing distress. Davidson was ...

Baylen Dupree was walking through a store when something felt off. She had a strange sensation that she was being followed. She was ticking, a symptom of her then-undiagnosed Tourette syndrome, and ...

Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder. It is a syndrome that involves recurrent involuntary tics, which are repeated, involuntary physical movements and vocal outbursts. The exact cause is ...