Sentences with phrase «about narcolepsy»

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Her blog is filled with information about how to cope with narcolepsy and the importance of sleep for overall health.

Henry Nicholls sets out to uncover the truth about his condition, only to find that drug companies are more interested in inducing narcolepsy than curing it

► Why did about 15,000 children in Europe develop narcolepsy after receiving the flu vaccine Pandemrix?

Researchers suspect an autoimmune reaction is to blame because many people who develop narcolepsy — and just about everyone with the vaccine - associated form — have a specific variant in a gene in the HLA family, which helps the body distinguish its own proteins from those made by microbial invaders.

When they heard about the rise in narcolepsy in 2010, neuroscientist Lawrence Steinman of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and rheumatologist Sohail Ahmed, who at the time was global head of clinical sciences at Novartis's vaccines and diagnostics division in Siena, Italy, began scouring databases for proteins expressed in the brain that might resemble those in the vaccine.

Narcolepsy affects 1 in every 2000 people, making it about as common as multiple sclerosis.

The researchers analyzed DNA from nearly 4000 participants, all of whom shared the same narcolepsy - linked HLA but only about half of whom had narcolepsy.

It is often a sign of narcolepsy and can lead to anticipatory anxiety about sleeping.

If you suffer from conditions such as narcolepsy or sleep apnea, then you should absolutely consult a doctor about your treatment options and possibly discuss the use of Provigil.

If you'd like to share any lifestyle or dietary habits you've adopted in order to mitigate your narcolepsy, I would love to hear about it.

I was diagnosed with narcolepsy about 6 years ago.

I have some theories about delayed brain development and Narcolepsy...

A chronic condition with no cure, one estimate approximates that narcolepsy affects about 1 in every 2,000 Americans.

For a sport that induces rabid obsession in its fans and narcolepsy in its detractors, there have been a startling number of well made, and totally different, movies about baseball.

Activities, such as hunting, eating or hard play and exercise with other dogs, can raise the dog's level of excitement enough to bring about an attack of narcolepsy and cataplexy.

Los Angeles, CA About Blog Julie Flygare is a narcolepsy spokesperson and is an award winning author of the book «Wide Awake and Dreaming: A memoir of Narcolepnarcolepsy spokesperson and is an award winning author of the book «Wide Awake and Dreaming: A memoir of NarcolepsyNarcolepsy.»

Boston, MA About Blog Raising narcolepsy awareness, supporting research for a cure.

Narcolepsy, which usually begins in adolescence or early adulthood, affects about one in every 1,000 persons and is equally common in males and females.