Narcolepsy with cataplexy in patients aged over 60 years: a case-control study - Kovalsk á P, Kemlink D, Nevsimalova S, Maurovich Horvath E, Jarolímová E, Topinková E, Sonka K.
OBJECTIVE: Narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) is a chronic disabling disease; however, there are insufficient data on older NC subjects. METHODS: A cross-sectional evaluation on health and social status, including intensity and progression of NC sympto... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
If Your Dreams Were A Dance, This Is What They Would Look Like
If we’re lucky, we spend somewhere around a third of our lives asleep.
“I just find it crazy,” dancer and choreographer Eliza Larson told The Huffington Post. “We have these complete other lives that we live while we’re sleeping and yet we can’t even remember them, or we remember them in different pieces.”
Thinking about sleep led the Portland, Oregon–based dancer to create “In Circadia” ― a five-section dance inspired by the stages of the sleep cycle.
“I’m not a scientist or a sleep researcher,” Larson said. “But I w...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CME Outfitters Launching a New Live and On Demand Webcast Series on...
CME Outfitters to host a series of live webcasts on The Journey to Diagnosis and Optimal Treatment of Narcolepsy: Land of Missed Opportunities, beginning September 27th.(PRWeb August 19, 2016)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/08/prweb13626317.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - August 19, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mylan Launches Generic Dexedrine(R) Capsules
HERTFORDSHIRE, England and PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2016 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ, TASE: MYL) today announced the U.S. launch of Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Extended-release Capsules, 5 mg, 10 mg, and 15 mg, a generic versi... Biopharmaceuticals, Generics, Product Launch Mylan, Dextroamphetamine, Dexedrine, narcolepsy (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - August 1, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Doctors Are Prescribing A 'Date Rape Drug' For This Rare Disorder
At 20 years old, Trinity Hamilton thought she was living a charmed life. It was 1996, and after practicing with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago for less than a week, she had been invited to join the world-renowned company.
Over the next few months, Hamilton toured the world with the Joffrey, performing in Italy, South Korea, Scotland, Portugal and England. She had been dancing since she was 4.
“I went nuts, I went nuts,” she told the Chicago Tribune in 1996. “I had always assumed I would start off at the bottom of the totem pole... But I was in the right place at the right time.”
Within a year, e...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 26, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - July 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
How Can People With Narcolepsy Drive Safely?
For many people, avoiding fatigued driving means staying off the roads after pulling an all-nighter. But imagine driving when you have narcolepsy, a brain disorder that causes people to suffer from chronic daytime drowsiness and fall asleep suddenly. With narcolepsy, the dangers of drowsy driving become a perennial threat.
What can a person with narcolepsy do ― never drive?
Well, no, but there are some important caveats.
Joyce Scannell, an office manager at the Narcolepsy Network nonprofit who has had narcolepsy her whole life, says she never drives more than 20 minutes at a time.
“Luckily I work f...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 12, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
This Disorder Feels Like 'Being Awake Inside A Corpse'
For some people, sleep can actually attack.
As many as 200,000 people in the U.S. are thought to have are thought to have some form of narcolepsy, a chronic sleep disorder in which the brain's ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles doesn't work correctly.
About 25 to 50 people out of 100,000 are thought to have narcolepsy with cataplexy, which means they have attacks that cause a sudden loss of muscle tone while awake.
"I might look asleep when I collapse, but I'm fully conscious," says Julie Flygare, a 29-year-old with the condition, in the CBS LA video above. "It feels like being awake inside a corpse."&nbs...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 5, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
This Disorder Feels Like 'Being Awake Inside A Corpse'
For some people, sleep can actually attack.
As many as 200,000 people in the U.S. are thought to have are thought to have some form of narcolepsy, a chronic sleep disorder in which the brain's ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles doesn't work correctly.
About 25 to 50 people out of 100,000 are thought to have narcolepsy with cataplexy, which means they have attacks that cause a sudden loss of muscle tone while awake.
"I might look asleep when I collapse, but I'm fully conscious," says Julie Flygare, a 29-year-old with the condition, in the CBS LA video above. "It feels like being awake inside a corpse."&nbs...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What If It Is Not Your Sleep? Exploring Other Causes Of Daytime Fatigue
By Brandon R. Peters, MD
When sleep is not refreshing, the feelings of tiredness and fatigue can undermine your daytime function. Beyond common sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia, what are some of the reasons for feeling tired? Explore some of these potential causes, ranging from medications to diet and exercise, and try to discover what you can do to feel better.
Understanding the Role of Sleep Disorders
First, it is important to recognize that there is a difference between sleepiness and fatigue. Sleepiness is the strong desire for sleep that often immediately precedes falling asleep. It is some...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Physicians confront the rise of “smart drugs”
Responding to the safety concerns generated by a growing use of nootropics, physicians at the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting adopted new policy discouraging the nonmedical use of these prescription drugs for cognitive enhancement in healthy individuals.
Nootropics—the so-called “smart drugs”—include a variety of prescription drugs, supplements and other substances that claim to improve cognitive functions of healthy individuals, particularly executive function, memory, learning or intelligence.
Prescription drugs that are FDA-approved to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or narcolepsy are commonly associa...
Source: AMA Wire - June 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
Dear People With Narcolepsy, You Are Awesome!
If I elbow you in the face or spill lemon juice on your paper cut or say something obnoxious that hurts your feelings, I should definitely apologize, and I'm perfectly willing to. HOWEVER: I will never apologize for the fact that I have narcolepsy and I refuse to let it beat me.
I'm just going to get this out there: Narcolepsy is hard, and over the past few years it has put me through more than I could have ever imagined. But I am better because of it. I am tougher because of it. I appreciate things more because of it. I am more compassionate and able to understand other people because of it.
I've always been reluctan...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Narcolepsy sufferer primary teacher: I pass out when I hear a joke
FALLING asleep at inappropriate moments is no laughing matter, as narcolepsy sufferer Genevieve Skinner.a (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sleep and Mental Health Disorders
Sleep is essential to the maintenance of mental health. Sleep helps to regulate mood and process emotional information and experiences into memory. Insufficient sleep is associated with increased emotional reactivity and emotional disturbance. Research indicates that REM sleep may play an especially significant role in maintaining emotional well-being and psychological balance.
Sleep problems occur substantially more frequently in people with psychiatric conditions than in the general population. Often, sleep and mental health disorders exist in bi-directional relationship to each other, with each condition influencing the...
Source: Psych Central - April 20, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Michael Breus Tags: Anxiety Attention Deficit Disorder Bipolar Depression Disorders General Panic Disorder Psychology PTSD Schizophrenia Sleep Adhd Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Bipolar Disorder Emotional Disturbance emotional reactiv Source Type: news
Why We Study Sleep
This post is adapted from a speech delivered at a Fireside Chat between Arianna Huffington and Andre Iguodala on April 11, 2016 at Stanford University. You can watch the event here. Before introducing our famous guests, as director of the Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, I have been asked to introduce the topic of sleep and sleep disorders and why we should bother to study sleep. This is not difficult for me as sleep is my passion. The first reason for studying sleep is simply that sleep is one of the last remaining mysteries in biology. We still don't understand why a typical human has to spend 25 years of life s...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 14, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
