Medical News Today: Computational model of the brain shows what triggers Tourette 'tics'
A new computational model of the human brain highlights the key areas involved in producing the motor 'tics' typical of Tourette syndrome. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Brain's role in Tourette tics simulated in new computational model
(PLOS) A new computer-based brain simulation shows that motor tics in Tourette syndrome may arise from interactions between multiple areas of the brain, rather than a single malfunctioning area, according to a study published in PLOS Computational Biology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
13 Things People With OCD Want You To Know
Obsessive compulsive disorder, which affects approximately 1 percent of American adults in a given year, can cause debilitating physical and emotional symptoms. Yet many people treat it as a punchline rather than a medical condition.
Experts say education is the best way to reduce the stigma around mental health conditions like OCD. So, we asked our HuffPost social communities to share what they wished everyone knew about the disorder in an effort to shine a light on the condition for others who may not understand.
Check out some of their comment and email responses below. (Warning: This might be triggering ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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In this study, we analyzed the kine(ma)tics of human f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 25, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Sorting out risk genes for brain development disorders
Gene discovery research is uncovering similarities and differences underlying a variety of disorders affecting the developing brain, including autism, attention deficits, tics, intellectual impairments, developmental delays and language difficulties. Researchers found some genes are more closely associated with autism and others with intellectual impairments, but many times there is overlap, indicating some genes pose broader risks. Certain genes were detected only in males with high-functioning autism. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 23, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
This Heartbreaking Poem About Dating With OCD Is So Spot On
Dealing with a mental health issue can affect every part of your life ― including your relationships.
Case in point: This viral spoken poem by artist Neil Hilborn, which details the complexities of falling in love when you’re also dealing with obsessive compulsive disorder. The account is raw and emotional. It also perfectly captures the everyday challenges of the condition ― from repetitive behaviors to intrusive thoughts.
“The first time I saw her, everything in my head went quiet,” he says in the poem. “All the tics, all the constantly refreshing images, just disappeared. When you have obsess...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sorting out risk genes for brain development disorders
(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) Gene discovery research is uncovering similarities and differences underlying a variety of disorders affecting the developing brain, including autism, attention deficits, tics, intellectual impairments, developmental delays and language difficulties. Researchers found some genes are more closely associated with autism and others with intellectual impairments, but many times there is overlap, indicating some genes pose broader risks. Certain genes were detected only in males with high-functioning autism. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 22, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Autism And Police: My Plan To Protect My Driving-Age Son (And Yours)
The nightmare ends the same way every time: I drive up on my house and see police cars with lights on. Policemen with guns drawn. I see a young man in a red hoodie lying face down. Bleeding. Shot. I approach the person on the ground ― cops yell to stop, but I push past them. I roll him over and pull off the hood... and it’s RJ, my teenaged son with autism.
Parents of a child on the autism spectrum have similar dreams. And nightmares.
Since my RJ was was diagnosed with autism in 2000 at age 3, our journey on the “autism express,” as we call it, has been filled with high-highs, low-lows and countless smal...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Protein identified by Mass. General team may protect tumor-initiating breast cancer cells
(Massachusetts General Hospital) Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have identified a protein that may play an essential role in maintaining a population of tumor-initiating cells -- treatment-resistant cells responsible for cancer recurrence and metastasis -- in breast cancer, as well as a compound that appears to reduce the molecule's ability to protect TICs from the effects of chemotherapy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 16, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Tourette's tics
Jess Thom, who has Tourette's syndrome, on why theatres should relax about noise. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
St. Vincent's begins slow rollout of Chilton County hospital
St. Vincent's new Chilton County hospital will open next week for scheduled visits in its speciality service office.
The full facility will open at a later date, a St. Vincent's spokesperson said Friday, following a state licensure survey.
The hospital, located in Clanton, will include acute care and outpatient services, in addition to a 24/7 emergency department. St. Vincent's Chilton will also provide diagnos tics, intensive care and surgery services.
St. Vincent's is slated to operate the 30-bed… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 30, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Melissa Brown Source Type: news
Book Review: Never Leave Your Dead
On March 7, 1953, Donald Watkins, a WWII veteran and China Marine, shot and killed his wife and mother-in-law. Judged criminally insane, Watkins served his sentence for this crime at Fairview State Hospital in Pennsylvania, one of the most abusive institutions for the mentally ill in American history. Eventually released thanks to the efforts of two young law students, Donald rejoined society—he even married again. It’s probably hard to imagine the woman who would marry a convicted murderer; it may be even more difficult to imagine your seventy-two-year-old mother doing so. And yet, that is exactly the story Diane Came...
Source: Psych Central - September 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Julia Patt Tags: Book Reviews Disorders Family General Memory and Perception Personal Stories Psychological Assessment Psychology PTSD Relationships & Love Trauma Treatment A True Story of War Trauma books on mental health books on ptsd books Source Type: news
Tourette Threat Surges for Babies When Mom Smokes in Pregnancy
Researchers probe increased risk of chronic tics and other disorders due to prenatal nicotine exposure
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Pregnancy and Substance Abuse, Tourette Syndrome (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - September 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Schizophrenia drug makes tics less severe in children with Tourrette's
< img src= " http://cdnph.upi.com/rss/i/14691257497792/Schizophrenia-drug-makes-tics-less-severe-in-children-with-Tourrettes_t.jpg " > Stephen Feller < br / > WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- A drug used to treat schizophrenia is also effective at reducing tics in children with Tourette's disorder, according to a recent analysis of studies. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - July 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Aripiprazole reduces severity of tics in children with Tourette's disorder
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A meta-analysis of clinical trials evaluating the effectiveness of aripiprazole for the treatment of Tourette's disorder (TD) in children and adolescents showed a significantly greater overall improvement in total tics and tic severity from pretreatment to post-treatment for the aripiprazole compared to the placebo group. The drug was safe, with drowsiness, nausea, and headache being the most common adverse effects, according to the study published in Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
