Narcolepsy with cataplexy, now known as type 1 narcolepsy, is a chronic neurological disorder that affects a person’s sleep-wake cycle and involves muscle weakness. The condition can cause a person to ...

Narcolepsy can be described as a neurological condition that has chronic consequences on the regulation of the sleep-wake cycle by the brain. Narcolepsy has been known to occur in one out of every two ...

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 ...

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It was as unexpected as it was tragic: children in northern Europe who got one particular vaccine against the 2009 swine flu pandemic were at a much higher risk of developing narcolepsy, a ...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s experimental narcolepsy drug significantly improved outcome for patients in late-stage clinical trials, and could become the first treatment to target the root cause of the ...

There's a saying that goes "Sleeping medicine". Sufficient sleep is especially important for adolescents who are in the midst of growing up. However, if you are experiencing daytime sleepiness or ...

Narcolepsy was not associated with increased mortality risk compared to not having the condition, even among patients with psychiatric comorbidities, a new retrospective cohort study showed. The ...

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 ...