Major genetic study confirms that many genes contribute to risk for Tourette's syndrome
(Massachusetts General Hospital) A meta-analysis of multiple studies into the genetic background of Tourette's syndrome (TS) -- a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by chronic involuntary motor and vocal tics -- finds that variants in hundreds of genes, working in combination, contribute to the development of the syndrome and suggests that Tourette's is part of a continuous spectrum of tic disorders, ranging from mild, sometimes transient tics to severe cases that can include psychiatric symptoms. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
What Should You Do About Head Banging?
Discussion
Head banging and body rocking are common habits that young children exhibit that can be worrisome or frustrating for parents but that do not cause harm to the child. In a normally developing child they occur around 6-9 months age, and generally resolve around 2-3 years with most behaviors gone by 6-8 years. Children usually do not cause harm to themselves, but it can cause furniture to move causing noise, or potentially the child could lose balance and fall off a bed, or strike an object unintentionally and hurt themself (hit edge of a bed just right in a way that causes a small bruise). The behaviors appear to ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 11, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Tourette's, Tics Tied to Cardiometabolic Risks
(MedPage Today) -- Swedish data show links, but other factors could be at play (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - January 14, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Tourette ’s, Tics Tied to Cardiometabolic Risks
(MedPage Today) -- Swedish data show links, but other factors could be at play (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - January 14, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
CBS News' David Begnaud reveals he has Tourette's syndrome
In a stunning revelation, Begnaud details how he overcame debilitating tics to ascend to the highest levels of journalism (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CBS News's David Begnaud reveals he has Tourette's syndrome
In a stunning revelation, Begnaud details how he overcame debilitating tics to ascend to the highest levels of journalism (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'As soon as the camera came on it stopped': CBS reporter reveals he has Tourette Syndrome
Dallas-based CBS reporter David Begnaud revealed to People that he has had Tourette Syndrome since childhood. He was often bullied for his tics but says that they 'go away' when he is on camera. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cannabis oil halts tics of eight-year-old with Tourette's
Before being given the THC-oil, the unnamed boy, from Poland, scored 68 on the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale - a scale used across the world. This dropped to 31 after two months of THC oil. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A 12-year-old boy with Tourette's Syndrome finds animals stop his tics
Malachi Ralph from Cornwall says he feels calmer when he is around animals as his tics reduce. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Worst, Most Persistent Myths about OCD
This is what most people think obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) looks like: washing your hands excessively because you’re a germaphobe.
Sometimes, people think it’s also needing to have a neat, orderly home, and checking to see if you locked the door way too many times.
And while some of this is true for some people with OCD, it misses the majority of individuals with the illness. As psychologist Martin Hsia, Psy.D, said, “OCD takes many different forms that don’t get written about.”
The Many, Many Forms of OCD
“To paraphrase Tolstoy, in Anna Karenina, famously speaking about families, ‘All people with p...
Source: Psych Central - November 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Disorders General Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Self-Help Stigma Treatment Compulsions Intrusive Thoughts Obsessions Ocd OCD facts OCD myths Unwanted Thoughts what OCD feels like what OCD looks like Source Type: news
Children suffering from tics can be helped by both group and individual therapy
(Aarhus University) Nonvoluntary stressful movements or sounds are everyday reality for children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome, but the symptoms can be significantly reduced -- both when help comes individually and in a group. This is shown by the first Scandinavian effect study of the treatment of tics which Aarhus University and the Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Risskov, are behind. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - August 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
An operational framework to integrate traffic message channel (TMC) in emergency mapping services (EMS) - Arco E, Ajmar A, Arneodo F, Boccardo P.
Traffic Message Channel (TMC) is a technology for delivering traffic information to vehicle drivers. Sources of traffic information typically include police departments, Traffic Information Centers (TICs), camera systems, traffic speed detectors, floating ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
AbleTo poaches CVS exec for top position
Behavioral health startup AbleTo has poached a CVS Health Corp. executive for its top position.
Trip Hofer, who led CVS' specialty pharmacy division, has stepped into the role of chief executive officer at New York-based AbleTo.
"AbleTo has created positive outcomes for both patients and their health plans for years, and has recently made amazing advancements in the ways that data and analy tics can be used in the identification, engagement and successful treatment of people with behavioral health… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - July 17, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Anthony Noto Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Everything you need to know about facial tics
Facial tics are sudden, involuntary muscle movements in the face. They can be mild or severe, making it difficult for a person to carry out everyday activities. Facial tic disorders include transient tic disorder, chronic motor tic disorder, and Tourette's syndrome. Read about treatment, and when to see a doctor. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Am I too narcissistic? You asked Google – here’s the answer
Every day millions of people ask Google life ’s most difficult questions. Our writers answer some of the commonest queriesThe very fact that you ’re asking this question suggests it’s more than likely you’re not. Not in the truly scientific sense of the word anyway. This is because one of the traits that tends to characterise those who exhibit excessive narcissism is an inability to engage in self-reflection. Such individuals typically have grandiose ideas about themselves and rarely consider that there might actually be something “wrong” with them, so I doubt you’d be asking this question at all if you were....
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 13, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Honey Langcaster-James Tags: Psychology Science Source Type: news
