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  • The clock is tic-ing for Touretteโ€™s syndrome

    The clock is tic-ing for Touretteโ€™s syndrome

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    Tourette Syndrome, or simply Touretteโ€™s, has historically captured the public eye, and ear, by being simply too bizarre to ignore. It causes sufferers to perform โ€˜ticsโ€™ โ€“ brief involuntary actions such as arm movements and fragments of speech. Notoriously, the vocal tics can sometimes be socially inappropriate, ย e.g. swear words, horrific obscenities or comments on…