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"Beans!" In 2021, thousands of teenagers suddenly developed the same violent tics, every medical test came back clean, and the real cause turned out to be hiding on their phones. (spacedaily.com)

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A mysterious wave of severe tics swept through teenagers worldwide, baffling neurologists until investigators uncovered a digital culprit reshaping adolescent behavior in real time.

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[+] Akh@lemmy.world -6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Fads tend not to cause physical illness.

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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

That's absolutely not true.

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