Though eyelid twitching (technically called myokymia) can feel disconcerting, the good news is that it’s typically fleeting and harmless. Nevertheless, when you’re in the throes of the mini muscle ...

In collaboration with neurobiologist Diane O'Dowd’s lab at the University of California, Irvine, Robert Reenan’s team at Brown University swapped the fly’s sodium channel gene with a mutated form of ...

We’ve all been there. Out of nowhere, your eye starts twitching. Sometimes it’s the upper lid, sometimes the lower lid. Sometimes it goes away as quickly as it arrived. Other times, it lingers for ...

Eye twitching is an involuntary movement that can be harmless or signify a more serious condition, such as multiple sclerosis. If twitching occurs for more than a few days, it is important to speak ...

A seizure can be alarming, especially in children, who are often unable to describe it or call for help. Seizures are sudden bursts of electrical activity in the brain that cause changes in behaviour, ...