DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I find myself falling sound asleep at my desk, and what is worse, during business meetings. I get enough sleep, and I drink coffee nonstop to keep me awake. I think this is more than ...

Narcolepsy is a disorder caused by losing orexin neurons, marked by excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy, sudden weakening of muscle tone. Previously, we found two kinds of neurons preventing ...

Michael Thorpy, MD, director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center and professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the findings and implications ...

When laughing results in muscle weakness, it can get awkward. That's my life as a narcoleptic. I've experienced cataplexy since I was 12 but wasn't diagnosed until 27. A friend and I were enjoying the ...

Cataplexy is a sudden episode of muscle weakness that occurs while fully aware and conscious. It can be triggered by emotional events, such as laughing, crying or fear, and is usually transient in ...

Are there any natural treatments for narcolepsy and cataplexy? Narcolepsy is a condition in which people fall asleep suddenly during waking hours. If they lose muscle control, it is called cataplexy.

As a sleep specialist, I find it incredibly rewarding to treat people with narcolepsy. It can be unnerving to be diagnosed with the disorder. But it’s also a huge relief, because people finally know ...

Pharmacological treatment trends and health care utilization rates were the focus of an observational study of Swedish patients with narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is characterized by symptoms including ...

Narcolepsy affects about 1 in approximately 2,000 people. The disease is a sleep disorder, involving irregular patterns in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep and significant disruptions of the normal ...