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New treatment hope for Tourette Syndrome

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Hippocratic Post

Stimulating research gives new treatment hope for Tourette Syndrome. New research has found that delivering electrical pulses to the wrist can significantly reduce the amount and severity of tics experienced by individuals with Tourette Syndrome (TS), giving new hope for an effective treatment. Scientists from the University of Nottingham’s School of Psychology and School of Medicine used […]

Tourette Syndrome

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Hippocratic Post

Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a medical condition affecting around one in a hundred children. The main symptoms are motor and vocal tics – jerky movements or sudden noises that a person makes unintentionally. A common misperception is that all people with TS swear uncontrollably, which is not the case. Only a minority of people with […]