Narcolepsy, a chronic neurological disorder of the sleep-wake cycle occurring at an estimated 79.4 per 100,000 individuals in the U.S., has previously shown ties to CVD events on observational ...

Our bodies naturally progress through the sleep cycle, which comprises four stages: three NREM and one REM. People with narcolepsy do not slowly move through the stages of sleep as the average ...

Narcolepsy is a nervous system disorder that involves your brain. You struggle to manage sleep patterns and stay awake. No matter how much rest you got the night before, an intense urge to sleep ...

The diagnosis of narcolepsy is made using an inpatient overnight sleep study (polysomnography) which assesses brainwave activity to determine sleep stages, limb movements, breathing, and can capture ...

I thought narcolepsy was what we saw on TV ... I would nap during the day, because I wouldn't sleep very well at night and then miss all my classes. I tried to do all the things that I thought ...

About 20% to 35% of the population suffers from chronic sleep disorders—and up to half of all people in older age. Moreover, ...

Wake up and go to sleep The irony of these two narcolepsy drugs that work to normalise the sleep-wake cycle is that they have to be taken twice per night. Patients have the first dose before they ...

In a trial monitoring 25 people, they found that the AI system could accurately guess an individual’s sleep stage about 80% ... that could suggest narcolepsy. The researchers then averaged ...

The link between narcolepsy and cardiovascular disease (CVD) was strengthened by new evidence that the relationship applied to subclinical disease and was apparent early in life, based on a ...