Tourette's syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder which is characterized by sudden twitches, movements, or sounds that people do repeatedly, which they cannot control. It was named by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot for his intern, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, who published in 1885 an account of nine patients with a "convulsive tic disorder". There is…
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease which affects the nervous system in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged, which hinders the ability of parts of the nervous system to transmit signals. This may result in physical, mental, and psychiatric problems. There is no cure for MS…
Lyme disease was diagnosed as a separate condition for the first time in 1975 in Lyme, Connecticut. The bacterium involved was first described in 1981 by Willy Burgdorfer. The disease is transmitted to humans by the bites of infected ticks of the genus Ixodes. The sign of the infection is an expanding red rash at…
