The FDA has approved oveporexton (Orzeyful), the first orexin agonist for narcolepsy type 1, based on phase 3 data showing ...

Recognizing markers like atonia index during wakefulness (WAI) that are not present in other hypersomnias might help in the diagnosis of narcolepsy. Atonia index during wakefulness (WAI) might ...

Common symptoms of narcolepsy, including excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy (sudden loss of motor strength and tone), hallucinations, and paralysis while falling asleep or waking up, can have a ...

A new study has demonstrated a new way to treat narcolepsy-related nightmares. The scientists combined cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and lucid dreaming to help patients in a small clinical trial.

Patients with narcolepsy — a difficult and dangerous sleep disorder that can elude diagnosis — have the manifestations of REM sleep at the wrong times in the wrong places, sometimes with serious ...

That overwhelming sleepiness dragging you down might not just be from staying up too late scrolling through TikTok. While everyone occasionally battles the afternoon slump, people with hypersomnia or ...

A new Northwestern Medicine study has demonstrated a new way to treat narcolepsy-related nightmares. The scientists combined cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and lucid dreaming to help patients in a ...

Julie Flygare was 21 when the symptoms started. First her knees would buckle briefly, but only when she laughed. She awoke one night to the sight of a burglar attacking her, while she lay paralyzed ...

Hypersomnia and narcolepsy are both sleep disorders that cause excessive daytime sleepiness and other changes in natural sleep-wake cycles. "Hypersomnia" actually refers to several sleep conditions ...