The focus on research dedicated to natural or integrative therapies for ADHD is growing. ACN Latitudes keeps a list of those that may be expected to be of most interest to our site readers.
See our Tics and Tourette Syndrome Research page for a selection of key studies. Some of the research papers included are offered in full article form.
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On October 5, 2023, Emalex Biosciences released safety data on the use of its investigational drug, ecopipam, for pediatric patients with Tourette syndrome after 12 months of use. Tourette syndrome is a chronic, childhood-onset neurodevelopmental […]
Researchers at the Taipei Medical University Hospital in Taiwan studied a link between two prescription drugs for asthma and the development of Tourette syndrome symptoms. The drugs are montelukast (Singulair) and zafirlukast (Accolate). These are […]
Initially, my 8-year-old son’s symptoms of vocal and motor tics had developed gradually. Then, during the ensuing year, I watched helplessly as symptoms changed from simply being troublesome to creating emotional, social, and physical distress. […]
Editor: Earlier this year we published a premium Latitudes.org article on a new study that confirmed a connection between allergy and tic disorders. A number of people asked if we could include it as a […]
Editor: It was encouraging to current research from China on the important link between allergy and tics. This connection, long emphasized on Latitudes.org, is generally ignored by the scientific community. In this article we share […]
A new study has found no link between a strep throat infection and the development of tics in children who have a parent or sibling with a chronic tic disorder. The research is published in […]
If you’ve read either of our two books, Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourette’s: A Patient and Family Guide and Tourette Syndrome: Stop Your Tics by Learning What Triggers Them, you’ve been introduced to the […]
The scientific search for the cause of Tourette syndrome has failed to yield clear answers. Many of the efforts have focused a dysfunction of the brain involving the cortex, the basal ganglia, the thalamus. Taking a different approach, […]