Vaccine made with synthetic gene protects against deadly pneumonia
February 21, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Triggers protective immune response while preventing fatal inflammation
February 22, 2011 (BRONX, NY) Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed an experimental vaccine that appears to protect against an increasingly common and particularly deadly form of pneumococcal pneumonia. Details of the new vaccine, which was tested in an animal model, are reported in a paper published today in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Study finds a high rate of restless legs syndrome in adults with fibromyalgia
October 14, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Participants with fibromyalgia were 11 times more likely to have RLS than healthy controls
DARIEN, IL A study in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that adults with fibromyalgia had a much higher prevalence and risk of restless legs syndrome than healthy controls. The study suggests that treating RLS may improve sleep and quality of life in people with fibromyalgia.
Restless legs syndrome appears to occur within families
May 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins
sylvain-jacques.desjardins@umontreal.ca
514-343-7593
JAMA and Archives Journals
Restless legs syndrome appears to aggregate in families, and the siblings of those who are severely affected appear to have an increased risk of developing the disease, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
New data show sustained 5-year benefit of Neupro (R) (Rotigotine Transdermal System) for symptoms of restless legs syndrome
April 12, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Andrea Levin
Andrea.Levin@ucb.com
770-970-8352
UCB
Atlanta, April 13th, 2010 New data presented at the 62nd American Academy of Neurology annual meeting in Toronto, Canada, showed that patients with moderate to severe Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) using rotigotine achieved sustained improvements in symptoms over 5 years of treatment.
Study links restless leg syndrome with erectile dysfunction in older men
December 31, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Kelly Wagner
kwagner@aasmnet.org
708-492-0930
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Westchester, Ill. A study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that erectile dysfunction was more common in older men with restless leg syndrome (RLS) than in those without RLS, and the magnitude of this association increased with a higher frequency of RLS symptoms.
Restless legs syndrome affects nearly 2 percent of US/UK children
August 21, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
Restless legs syndrome is a common problem in children 8 years of age and older in the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a new report from an international team of researchers.
Nearly 2 percent of children aged 8 to 17 are affected, and a significant proportion of those experience moderate to severe symptoms, including sleep disturbance and negative moods. The report appears in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Restless Leg Syndrome
What is restless leg syndrome?
Restless leg syndrome is a common cause of painful legs. The leg pain of restless leg syndrome typically eases with motion of the legs and becomes more noticeable at rest. Restless leg syndrome also features worsening of symptoms during the early evening or later at night. The characteristic nighttime worsening of symptoms in persons with restless legs syndrome frequency leads to insomnia.
