Tourette’s syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder tied to disruptions in the brain circuits that regulate movement and habit formation. The disorder starts in childhood and is characterized by ...

Obscene language tics, called coprolalia, don’t reveal what people with Tourette’s think and feel. In fact, tics often compel people to say or do precisely what they most wish to avoid.

If your eye has been twitching all day, or on and off for weeks, you’re not alone. Eyelid twitching, medically called myokymia, is one of the most common benign neurological symptoms people experience ...

You're relaxing on the sofa when suddenly your eyelid starts twitching. Or perhaps it's a muscle in your arm, your leg, or your foot that begins to spasm – sometimes for a few seconds, sometimes for ...

Adam B pulls five Twitch pranks on his little brother and captures reactions funnier than his WiFi lag. Watch the moment Vonn is airlifted after crash in final downhill race before Olympics Enormous ...

It’s 4 PM. Your coffee is cold, your posture is tragic, and your laptop screen is blurring into a singular, glowing nemesis. Then, it starts—that tiny, uncontrollable flutter in your eyelid. It’s ...

You're relaxing on the sofa when suddenly your eyelid starts twitching. Or perhaps it's a muscle in your arm, your leg, or your foot that begins to spasm—sometimes for a few seconds, sometimes for ...

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