5 Things You Need To Know About Narcolepsy
Why are people with narcolepsy constantly subjected to the ridiculous statement, "I wish I could sleep that much?" Not like that, you don't. Narcolepsy is by no means fun or funny. Here are five things you should know about this sleep disorder. 1. Narcolepsy is a serious disease. Narcolepsy is a neurological autoimmune sleep disorder. People with narcolepsy suffer from a variety of symptoms: extreme exhaustion, unregulated sleep-wake cycles, hallucinations, sleep paralysis, and others. When someone with narcolepsy abruptly falls asleep in public, it's known as a "sleep attack." Before you laugh at the idea of someo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Narcolepsy: Evolutions in PharmacologyNarcolepsy: Evolutions in Pharmacology
This article reviews currently available treatment options and explores potential future approaches to the management of narcolepsy. U.S. Pharmacist (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Cataplexy: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Learn more about cataplexy, a sudden loss of voluntary muscle tone that is typically associated with narcolepsy and can lead to total body collapse. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Improved vigilance after sodium oxybate treatment in narcolepsy: a comparison between in-field and in-laboratory measurements - van Schie MK, Werth E, Lammers GJ, Overeem S, Baumann CR, Fronczek R.
This two-centre observational study of vigilance measurements assessed the feasibility of vigilance measurements on multiple days using the Sustained Attention to Response Task and the Psychomotor Vigilance Test with portable task equipment, and subsequent... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Video shows 10-year-old swine flue jab boy fitting and falling asleep every time he laughs
Josh Hadfield, from Frome, Somerset, developed narcolepsy after having the Pandremix vaccine in 2010. Now, he cannot laugh, walk, eat or have a bath without having a fit. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hypnagogia, The State Between Sleep And Wakefulness, Is Key To Creativity
We're all familiar with the two basic states of consciousness: sleep and wakefulness. But what about what happens in between those states? In the borderlands between wakefulness and rest is a strange and fascinating state of consciousness characterized by dream-like visions and strange sensory occurrences. Psychologists call this stage "hypnagogia," but centuries before they created a term for it, artists were using the hypnagogic state to tap into some of their best ideas. Surrealist artist Salvador Dali called hypnagogia "the slumber with a key," and he used it as creative inspiration for many of his ima...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 22, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Josh Hadfield who developed narcolepsy after H1N1 swine flu jab awarded £120k
Josh Hadfield, from Somerset, developed narcolepsy after the Pandremix vaccine 6 years ago. The vaccine is associated with a 14-fold increase in a child's risk of developing the condition. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Narcolepsy boy wins vaccine damages
A boy with a rare sleeping illness caused by a swine flu vaccine wins £120,000 in damages. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Precision immunization: NASA studies immune response to flu vaccine in space and on Earth
(NASA/Johnson Space Center) NASA Human Research Program Twins Study investigator Emmanuel Mignot, M.D., Ph.D, known for discovering the cause of narcolepsy is related to the immune system, is studying twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly. He's investigating how their immune system responds to the seasonal flu vaccine over the course of a year in space and on Earth to possibly counterbalance the changes for a journey to Mars. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 23, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New Adjuvanted Flu Vaccine: No Concerns About NarcolepsyNew Adjuvanted Flu Vaccine: No Concerns About Narcolepsy
A new influenza vaccine adjuvanted with squalene may prompt questions about narcolepsy. Medscape Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - December 11, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
PatientCrossroads Launches First Online Narcolepsy Patient Registry
NEXUS patient-centered narcolepsy registry is the result of collaboration by academic, pharmaceutical and advocacy leaders(PRWeb November 19, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/NexusNarcolepsy/2015/prweb13089779.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 21, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
EMA Recommends Approval of Pitolisant (Wakix) for Narcolepsy EMA Recommends Approval of Pitolisant (Wakix) for Narcolepsy
Pitolisant is a first-in-class drug that increases histamine release in the brain to enhance wakefulness and alertness. International Approvals (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - November 20, 2015 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Alert Source Type: news
Not just the Duff: Homer Simpson has narcolepsy
By many accounts, Homer Simpson, with his short attention span and love of Duff Beer, represents the American everyman. But in the season premiere of "The Simpsons" on Sunday, Homer Simpson will be diagnosed with a pretty unusual health condition: na... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
It's not just the Duff: Homer Simpson has narcolepsy
(Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - September 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Narcolepsy cases linked to flu vaccine subject to new compensation dispute
Lawyers dispute claims over Pandemrix swine flu vaccine which was withdrawn after doctors noticed rise in narcolepsy casesGovernment lawyers are seeking to block compensation payments to people who developed the devastating sleep disorder, narcolepsy, as a result of a faulty swine flu vaccine. The Pandemrix vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was given to 6 million people in Britain and millions more across Europe during the 2009-10 swine flu pandemic, but was withdrawn when doctors noticed a rise in narcolepsy cases among those who received the jab. Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 25, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Vaccines and immunisation Drugs Science Biology Health Society UK news Court of appeal Sleep Swine flu GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals industry & wellbeing Source Type: news
