Tourette Syndrome

Local comedians will cast out their best shtick during grand opening shows Sept. 9 to 11 at the Flappers Comedy Club. The grand opening evening shows will be emceed by Samuel J. Comroe. Comroe plays up his Tourette's syndrome that, he said, inspires...

It's no secret the Flappers Comedy Club is nearing its opening date of Sept. 11. The 1920s-inspired marquee is up and turning quite a few heads on the corner of Magnolia Boulevard and First Street, according to partners of the new dining and comedy...

High school junior T.J. Watson says depression feels like a trap with no escape. When it strikes, he grows lonely and horribly sad, as though a blanket is smothering all that is good in life. Worse, some part of him feeds on those negative emotions,...

Behind the bolted steel doors of an old brick warehouse, Big Wes meets a nutrient company scientist to see if he can increase his crop yield. Rows of hydroponic marijuana plants soak up solution flowing through plastic troughs and light blazing from high-...

Brody Kennedy was a typical sixth-grader who loved to hang out with friends in Castaic and play video games. A strep-throat infection in October caused him to miss a couple of days of school, but he was eager to rejoin his classmates, recalls his mother,...

Everyone knows that aside from Google, iTunes, and Amazon, you can't make money (yet) on the Internet. Tell that to Tobuscus. I don't know how much this young guy is making, but he is a testimony to the Internet cliche that content is king. This guy...

Go-kart racer Trey Shannon, 26, broke the Guinness World Record driving the most miles in a 24-hour period. Shannon began his journey at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the New Castle Motorsports Park. The former holder of the record was United Kingdom’s...

A 26-year-old engineer from Virginia will attempt to break a world record while raising awareness for Tourette Syndrome.   Trey Shannon has lived with Tourette Syndrome his entire life.  TS is a condition that causes people to make repeated, quick...

Jacob Goldberg is the "Most Powerful Kid" in South Florida. Goldberg, 17, of Boca Raton, on Tuesday won the second annual Chris Evert Children's Hospital Most Powerful Kid Award, honoring the unnoticed efforts of the region's philanthropic children....

Anthony Parascandola hit the ice when he was 3-years-old with his dad and by the time he was 7-year-old he had a hockey stick in his hands. "I know when I'm on the ice, I have a great time. It's a 'stress free' zone for me," Anthony explains. But,...

Children and teens with Tourette syndrome found help for their tics via sessions of self-hypnosis, according to a new study published online in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. The study included 33 participants ages 6 to 19 who...

Gary Winick, a pioneering producer and director of independent digital films who found mainstream success with such movies as "13 Going on 30" and "Letters to Juliet," has died. He was 49. Winick, who was diagnosed with brain cancer about two years ago,...