This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A writer with narcolepsy criticizes the L.A. Times for portraying the neurological disorder as a comedic trait in ...

My sleepiness probably started in 2003, when I was an undergraduate at Brown University. I wrote it off as the byproduct of a busy academic and varsity sports schedule, but the muscle weakness that ...

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have found evidence that type-1 narcolepsy, a condition known for its ‘sleep attacks’, is caused by the body’s own immune system. Narcolepsy ...

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 ...

Type 1 narcolepsy is often more severe and includes cataplexy, which is sudden muscle weakness triggered by emotions. Both type 1 and type 2 narcolepsy cause excessive daytime sleepiness, but people ...

When Katelynn O’Connell takes her lunch break at work, she follows a routine that sets her apart from other employees. Each day at noon, she unfolds a cot in her small office, turns on a white noise ...

If you have narcolepsy, your symptoms may worsen during pregnancy. You may need to do things like nap more frequently and consider reducing your work hours. Share on Pinterest globalmoments/Getty ...

—Data from a new study in a Japanese population point toward genetic links and common pathways involved in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy. But do the results translate to ...

Narcolepsy disrupts the brain’s natural cycles of sleep and wakefulness, with far-reaching consequences for the 135,000 to 200,000 or more Americans estimated to have this chronic neurological ...

Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder that interferes with the brain’s ability to control sleep-wake cycles. This lifelong condition can have serious negative effects on physical, psychological, ...

Nearly a decade on from the 2009 influenza pandemic, scientists are still trying to solve what is proving to be an intractable medical mystery: Did some of the vaccines used to protect against the new ...