Narcolepsy is a rare neurological disease that affects the sleep cycle. Symptoms include sleep paralysis, excessive daytime sleepiness, disrupted nighttime sleep, hypnagogic hallucinations, and, for around 70% of patients, cataplexy.…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the biopharmaceutical company Harmony Biosciences, LLC recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's drug pitolisant (marketed…
The State of Rare Diseases in China The Illness Challenge Foundation (ICF) is an organization devoted to easing the burdens that rare disease patients living in China face. They accomplish this…
According to a story from Neuroscience News, a team of researchers based out of the University of Copenhagen have made an intriguing discovery that could give new insight into the…
According to a story from finanznachrichten.de, the biopharmaceutical company Theranexus has recently released preliminary results from a Phase II clinical trial that is testing the company's experimental product THN102. This…
Emmanuel Mignot, who is the director of the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine has long believed that some onsets of Narcolepsy could be caused by a confused autoimmune response in…
Narcolepsy and Cataplexy Narcolepsy is a neurological condition that results in a malfunctioning sleep-wake cycle. It affects approximately 185,000 individuals in the United States alone. Some of the most common…
A study has found that daytime sleepiness and attention may be correlated in people with narcolepsy and hypersomnia, with patients who self-report feeling more sleepy also being more likely to…
The FDA has approved a new narcolepsy and cataplexy treatment for pediatric patients! Xyrem is a drug used to control narcolepsy symptoms including cataplexy and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). It…
The United States Food and Drug Administration has awarded Orphan Drug Designation to an investigational drug for narcolepsy, and there are plans to carry out a Phase 2 study to…
A new study explored the mechanisms underlying narcolepsy, a rare sleep disorder. The condition has previously been linked to reduced levels of a neurotransmitter called hypocretin, and the recent study…
According to a story from kait8.com, the company Harmony Biosciences, Inc., has recently announced that the U.S. FDA has given Fast Track and Breakthrough Therapy designations for its experimental therapy…
Narcolepsy is a rare disease subject to many misperceptions and false assumptions. All of that misinformation belies the fact that narcolepsy is a serious neurological disorder, with symptoms that can…
A new study looking at a test used to diagnose narcolepsy has found that it often produces inconsistent results for the same patients, reports Sleep Review. This highlights a current…
For so many of us, a good night's sleep is a refuge; from our long hectic days, from our piling problems, or even from the stresses of managing our rare…
According to a new study, people who suffer from rare disease are more prone to suffer from levels of anxiety, depression, pain and fatigue. The findings are proof that special…
According to an article from FinancialBuzz, the pharmaceutical company Avadel announced that its product FT 218 has been granted orphan drug status by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as…
Being a teenager is inherently difficult. There's no real way to make it to your twenties without feeling tired, cranky, and misunderstood by everyone around you. It's even harder when…
Prepping for bedtime in my house is like going into battle. The children are provided the first warning around 7:30 p.m. From that moment forward, everything revolves around the mission-critical…
When you need help with a problem, where do you turn? Many people these days turn immediately to the internet. From Googling to settle a bet to researching a doctoral…
In my home, everything is shared with our dogs. When eggs are made for breakfast, the dog’s eggs are served scrambled. When it’s time to exercise, we all head outside…
Damien took a lot of naps. I mean, a lot! It’s true; he was a very active Doberman Pinscher. He fetched everything—tennis balls, Frisbees, shoes that hadn't been put away—you…
Baby Dylan had some sort of medical condition, as reported by The Global and Mail. His family was sure of it. He slept all the time and when he was…
“Catching some Z’s.” “Crashing.” “Hitting the sack.” “Getting some shut eye.” “Zonking out.” “Getting forty winks.” We have a lot of idioms for sleep. On average, we spend one-third of our…
What are the reasons couples break up? When our relationships fail, we sometimes wonder if there was something we could have done to save them—or if there were warning signs we…
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