Muscular dystrophies are a group of diseases in which proteins in the muscles do not function properly, either through inherited or spontaneous mutations. This, in turn, leads to muscle tissue ...

African wild dogs might use facial expressions to communicate with each other as they hunt in packs on the savanna. Arno Meintjes via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED Puppy-dog eyes are irresistible.

Hypotropia is when one eye tilts downward. It’s often caused by problems with the muscles around your eyes or the nerves that control them. Hypotropia falls into a group of conditions called ...

Surgeries for thyroid eye disease include orbital decompression (to relieve swelling), strabismus (to repair eye muscles and correct eye alignment), and eyelid retraction correction (to restore eyelid ...

When you feel like your eye is twitching, it's usually one of your eyelids that's spasming. More specifically, the orbicularis oculi muscles, which are responsible for opening and closing the eyelids, ...