Studies: Restless legs syndrome is real
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Scientists have linked certain genes to restless legs syndrome, suggesting the twitching condition described as "jimmy legs" in a "Seinfeld" episode is biologically based and not an imaginary disorder.
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Los Angeles - People who run a chronic sleep deficit appear to be at increased risk for piling on the pounds, according to two studies released Monday that flesh out the association between sleep duration and weight gain.
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Description: The New England Journal of Medicine publishes a study that finds a connection between medical errors and sleep-deprived doctors.
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Brain scans of people in chronic pain show a state of constant activity in areas that should be at rest, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, a finding that could help explain why pain patients have higher rates of depression, anxiety and other disorders.
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The results of a new study  support a number of previous studies that have shown that  staying mentally active reduces the risk of developing  Alzheimer&#39;s disease and the mild impairments that precede the  condition.
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Some women glide through menopause without breaking a sweat. For others, hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia and PMS become a constant burden.
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NEW YORK  - Family history and iron  deficiency appear to play important roles in childhood restless  legs syndrome, according to a new study.
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Children who do little exercise risk developing the chronic fatigue syndrome ME in later life, say researchers.
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Consistently getting a good night&#39;s sleep may be one of the answers to maintaining a healthy weight, if early research findings are correct.
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(12/07/04) Recent research find that we&#39;re sleeping less than we used to and that has an affect on involuntary weight gain. Lack of sleep causes an imbalance in the hormones leptin and ghrelin which can cause
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Researchers say both too much and too little sleep is linked to a doubled risk of fatal cardiovascular disease.
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Electrical impulses delivered to two   areas of the brain that control movement alleviate the symptoms   of Parkinson's disease more effectively than drugs alone,   according to a study in Thursday's New England Journal of   Medicine.
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New research supports the hypothesis that during sleep, the connections between neurons weaken.
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NEW YORK  - The impulsive behavior that sometimes develops as a side effect of treatment with "dopamine agonists" drugs may not be limited just to patients with Parkinson's disease. Patients with restless legs syndrome who are treated with a drug belonging to this class may also be at increased risk for pathologic gambling, according to a report in the medical journal Neurology.
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People with certain types of sleep problems may be at greater risk for heart problems.
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NEW YORK  - One in six Americans frequently   have difficulty falling asleep, and 4.5 percent of them use   some type of alternative medicine to treat their sleeping   problems, a new study shows.
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A malfunction in the immune system may be the cause of some cases of narcolepsy, research suggests.