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 rare condition that will make someone fall asleep abruptly — even in the middle of the day during an activity. It's possible to treat narcolepsy and manage your symptoms with lifestyle ...

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As a sleep specialist, I find it incredibly rewarding to treat people with narcolepsy. It can be unnerving to be diagnosed with the disorder. But it’s also a huge relief, because people finally know ...

Narcolepsy causes uncontrollable "sleep attacks" during your daily activities, regardless of how much sleep you get. You may have hallucinations, and sleep paralysis can occur when you are falling ...

Pitolisant (Wakix) in children ages 6 years and up led to clinically meaningful improvements in narcolepsy symptoms in a phase III trial. Among 110 kids with narcolepsy with or without cataplexy, ...

An unusual increase in narcolepsy cases in Europe was linked to a new flu vaccine used there, and now researchers may have figured out why: A protein in the vaccine appears to mimic one in the brain ...

For years, Julie Flygare kept her condition private. She hadn’t liked people’s reactions on the occasions when she had opened up and shared her story. People thought it was a joke or not important. In ...

I’ve felt tired my entire life. As a child, I would often fall asleep in unusual places and situations. I remember when I was in first grade, I woke up underneath my seat on the school bus. I must ...

The clinical manifestations of symptoms experienced by children and adolescents with narcolepsy can differ from those seen in adults, presenting barriers to a timely diagnosis. The clinical ...

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes excessive sleepiness and frequent daytime sleep attacks. What is it like to never feel fully rested? Three women discuss the realities of living with a sleep ...

Mounting evidence of a link between GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix flu shot and a spike in narcolepsy cases among children in Europe is putting one of the vaccine's key ingredients, AS03, under intense ...