You’ve just settled into bed for the night, when an uncomfortable sensation creeps up your legs. Suddenly, you feel a strong urge to jerk them — it’s strange, and perhaps even painful. Not again! If ...

We all know the anxiety of knowing you have to wake up early in the morning, but when you get in bed the night before, you can’t fall asleep. For some, this can be compounded by a strange urge to move ...

Clinicians should regularly test serum iron studies, including ferritin and transferrin saturation, in all patients with clinically significant RLS, ideally in the morning. (HealthDay News) — In a ...

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) does not seem like a serious health problem. Compared to coronary heart disease, diabetes or cancer, RLS just doesn’t sound scary. But ask someone with this condition how ...

DARIEN, IL - A new clinical practice guideline developed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine provides updated recommendations for the treatment of restless legs syndrome. The guideline reflects ...

We found that PCDs effectively improved the symptoms associated with RLS. While a placebo effect was observed, therapeutic PCDs resulted in significantly greater improvements in disease severity, ...

Paul is a 76-year-old man who is referred to the department of sleep medicine in a regional hospital for further evaluation and possible treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS). Paul has been ...

Through the windows of an express train from Kyoto, Japan, to a whisky distillery on Mount Kaikoma, my colleagues admired the views and calmly discussed the agenda for the day. Distracted and annoyed, ...

Q. My husband jerks constantly during the night, and sometimes the jerks are so violent that his whole body is lifted from the bed. He does not wake up from these jerks, but I cannot fall asleep due ...

A few years ago, I hosted a late-night call-in show, offering listeners help with their health dilemmas. Given the hour, the phones were often quiet - until one night, my producer casually mentioned ...

Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MDMedically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD Restless legs syndrome (RLS), or Willis-Ekbom disease, affects about one-third of pregnant people and peaks in the third ...