Could an Infection Cause Tourette's-Like Symptoms in Teenage Girls?

Over the weekend Erin Brockovich made the news yet again as she and her nonprofit team descended on the village of Le Roy, N.Y., determined to test for environmental toxins that might be giving the town's teenagers symptoms of Tourette's syndrome. She has reportedly been stonewalled thus far by local officials, who have already ruled out toxins as the cause of last October's sudden outbreak of ...

Concern over teenage driving safety

IT is perhaps the busiest and most lucrative time of the year for driving instructors and driving schools. The four-month period until March is when a lot of school leavers go for car driving courses while waiting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia results.

Parents can help relieve their teen's stress

Teens deal with stress on a daily basis, and parents can help relieve some of that stress.

Dealing with teenage boundaries

My sometime-teenage son is applying psychology to his parents' efforts to help him get good grades. The "boundaries" he has...

Mass hysteria rare, but usually seen in girls

Fifteen teenage girls report a mysterious outbreak of spasms, tics and seizures in upstate New York. But tests find nothing physically wrong.

Press release from The Pulse Light Clinic "Positive results using IPL and diet in Rosacea treatment.Rosacea Research ...

Press release from the Pulse Light Clinic: Rosacea occurs in both men and women and can start as early as the teenage years. Typical symptoms are facial redness of the cheeks, nose, chin and forehead; visibly damaged blood vessels and small red inflammatory papules.There is a pre-rosacea stage where there are frequent bouts of transient facial blushing/flushing. ...

Mass hysteria rare, but more often seen in girls

Sufferers experience real, but psychologically triggered symptoms