If you or a loved one live with narcolepsy, you may already know how symptoms like sleep attacks and sudden muscle weakness can affect your daily life. Since there’s no cure for this rare disorder, ...

The measurements taken of a person in deep sleep during a sleep study. Sleep studies, also known as polysomnography, are used to diagnose sleeping disorders like narcolepsy. Host Anita Rao talks with ...

The network’s new comedy series features an exaggerated depiction of the neurological condition for laughs. Experts say that ...

Narcolepsy, with or without cataplexy, can have a substantial detrimental effect on well-being and quality of life. Because there is no cure for this condition, current treatments aim to improve ...

Narcolepsy was linked to high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes on top of outright cardiovascular disease events in a retrospective cohort study. Notably, patients with narcolepsy started ...

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that disrupts the normal sleep-wake cycle. It is a chronic neurological condition in which a person experiences uncontrollable sleepiness, falling asleep, or napping ...

A symposium held at the SLEEP 2024 Annual Meeting discussed updates in narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia treatment, specifically in guidelines for treatment and testing in this population. At a ...

With the right treatment, narcolepsy can be effectively managed. Take this assessment to find out whether you have your condition under control or may need to make a few adjustments. When you live ...

Ottumwa Regional Health Center has reopened its sleep lab after five years without the service, giving patients a local ...

Diagnostic delays stem from uneven access to specialist testing, lack of reliable biomarkers, and symptom overlap with common mental health and attention disorders.

Diagnosing patients with milder forms of narcolepsy has become more straightforward in recent years, since scientists have pinned down the precise brain molecule linked to the disorder. The challenge ...

People with certain types of long-term sleep disorders feel extremely tired during the day, a condition known as excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). There are many medicines that work in different ...