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Vladimir Putin once again appeared to be unable to control a twitchy leg during his lengthy interview with US right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson earlier this week. The Russian president spent half an hour of the sit-down chat on an almost uninterrupted ramble covering 1,200 years of Eastern European history. But some viewers were distracted by his apparent need to physically push down his knee to prevent his leg from moving around. It’s been an odd habit of Putin’s for a while – stretching back at least as far as September 2022, when the appendage started twitching during a speech in...

A bloated Vladimir Putin has been seen gripping a table whilst slouching in his chair during a televised meeting with his defence minister amid rumours the Russian strongman is battling cancer. In a rare live appearance, Putin claimed Russia had 'liberated' the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, as he savagely ordered Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to seal off all routes out of the Azovstal steelworks where defiant Ukrainians are holed up 'so that even a fly cannot pass through'. But Putin's poor posture and his apparently bloated face and neck sparked speculation about the Russian leader's health, which has reportedly...

Source: Mayo Clinic Date: February 9, 2007 Medical Therapy For Restless Legs Syndrome May Trigger Compulsive Gambling Science Daily — Compulsive gambling with extreme losses -- in two cases, greater than $100,000 -- by people without a prior history of gambling problems has been linked to a class of drugs commonly used to treat the neurological disorder restless legs syndrome (RLS). A new Mayo Clinic study is the first to describe this compulsive gambling in RLS patients who are being treated with medications that stimulate dopamine receptors in the brain. The Mayo Clinic report appeared in the Jan. 23 issue...

More than a million Britons may suffer from a disorder called restless legs syndrome that ruins their sleep and affects the quality of their lives, says a survey. Their condition compels them to move their legs and is usually accompanied by a "creepy-crawly" or burning sensation which can only be relieved by walking around. At night, sufferers may experience involuntary leg jerks once a minute, disturbing sleep and leading to daytime tiredness. Research among 23,000 people in America, France, Spain and Germany included more than 2,000 British patients and 28 British GPs. The survey is published today in the journal,...