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Teenage Girls Develop Tics From TikTok [Content Made Simple]

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Oct 21, 2021
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“Tic”-Tok: Teen Girls Are Developing Tics. Doctors Say TikTok Could Be a Factor.

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Teenage girls across the globe have been showing up at doctors’ offices with tics—physical jerking movements and verbal outbursts—since the start of the pandemic.

Movement-disorder doctors were stumped at first. Girls with tics are rare, and t…

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