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 chronic sleep disorder that interferes with the brain’s ability to control the body’s sleep-wake cycles. It’s commonly referred to as a neurological condition, but it can affect many ...

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, ...

Nicole Eugene, a University of Houston-Victoria assistant professor of communication, knows firsthand what it is like to have narcolepsy. Her latest book, “Narratives of Narcolepsy in Everyday Life: ...

Confusion, stereotypes, and stigma about the sleep disorder narcolepsy persist to this day. This can lead to a long time to diagnosis and prevent people who think they have narcolepsy from reaching ...

(CNN) — Matthew Horsnell began falling asleep for no reason when he was in sixth grade. “I would go to bed at 8:30 at night, yet every morning I would wake up and struggle to get out of bed,” said ...

Nina Shand couldn’t stay awake. She had taken afternoon naps since she was a teenager to accommodate her “work hard, play hard” attitude, but when she was in her mid-20s the sleepiness became more ...

Excessive daytime sleepiness was assessed using the Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale total score. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for ...

Tim was always tired. As a sophomore in high school, he would fall asleep in class. As an adult living in New York City, he’d worry that he would drift off on the subway and miss his stop. For many ...