Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/restless-legs/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237399.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237399.phpPeople with Parkinson's disease may be more likely to have a movement disorder called leg motor restlessness, but not true restless legs syndrome as previous studies have suggested, according to a study published in the November 9, 2011, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Restless legs syndrome is a sleep and movement disorder...Parkinson's Disease Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235797.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235797.phpMiddle-aged females with restless legs syndrome (RLS) have a 6% to 41% increased risk of having high blood pressure compared to other women - the risk is linked to the severity and frequency of their RLS, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School reported in the journal Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...Restless Legs Syndrome Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/235768.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/235768.phpIf you're a middle-aged woman with Restless Legs Syndrome, you may have a higher risk of developing high blood pressure, according to new research reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. RLS is a common yet under-recognized sensory motor disorder characterized by intense, unpleasant leg sensations, and an irresistible urge to move the legs...Restless Legs Syndrome Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/231462.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/231462.phpWe've all experienced abnormal sensations in our legs at one time or another, but for as many as 10 percent of the US population, restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a daily occurrence...Restless Legs Syndrome Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/231153.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/231153.phpPeople suffering from restless legs syndrome (RLS) experience unpleasant sensations in the legs at night for which the only remedy is movement. Now, an international consortium from Europe, Canada and the US has identified new genetic risk factors for the disease. Carriers of these risk variants have an increased likelihood of developing RLS...Restless Legs Syndrome Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/228148.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/228148.phpResults from new post hoc analyses assessing the effects of Neupro® (rotigotine) in Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and utilizing novel surrogate markers suggested improved daytime functioning and daytime symptoms, reduced RLS-related pain and improved mood and depressive symptoms in patients with moderate to severe RLS 1-3...Restless Legs Syndrome Tue, 31 May 2011 05:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226951.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226951.php"Restless leg syndrome (RLS), one of the most common and bothering sleeping disorders, is about twice as common in pregnant women than in the overall population, but it seems we now can offer many sufferers a simple and very effective therapy," Prof. Claudio Bassetti today told the Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) in Lisbon...Restless Legs Syndrome Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/222523.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/222523.php Results from a two-year retrospective cohort study presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Hawaii, U.S., showed that patients were significantly more likely to develop cardiovascular (CV) conditions, including hypertension, cardiac dysrhythmias and chronic ischemic heart diseases after an initial diagnosis of RLS, as compared to controls without RLS...Restless Legs Syndrome Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/222342.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/222342.phpNew 5-year data from the longest prospective open-label Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) study to date, show that Neupro® (rotigotine) demonstrated continued symptomatic clinical benefit with a low risk of augmentation. Over the five year period, clinically significant augmentation occurred in 5.1% of patients receiving rotigotine at EU approved doses (1, 2 and 3 mg/24h) and in 13...Restless Legs Syndrome Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/221708.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/221708.phpPharma giant GlaxoSmithKline has received FDA approval on their Horizant Extended Release Tablets used to treat restless legs syndrome, or RLS. Restless legs syndrome is a neurological condition that is characterized by the irresistible urge to move the legs. While the name may sound funny, it is a very real disorder. Russell Katz, M.D...Restless Legs Syndrome Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/221621.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/221621.phpGlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) and XenoPort, Inc. (Nasdaq: XNPT) announced Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Horizant™ (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets for the treatment of moderate-to-severe primary Restless Legs Syndrome in adults...Restless Legs Syndrome Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/219502.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/219502.phpFor dialysis patients, performing daily dialysis at home can help alleviate sleep problems related to restless legs syndrome (RLS), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN)...Restless Legs Syndrome Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/215590.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/215590.phpRitalin may help improve brain function in adolescent rats that were iron deficient during infancy, according to a team of Penn State neuroscientists. This may have implications for iron-deficient human infants as well. The researchers found that low doses of Ritalin can help improve the focus of iron-deficient rats...ADHD Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/212028.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/212028.phpDanish sleep researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Institute for Health Services Research have examined the socio-economic consequences of the sleep disorder hypersomnia in one of the largest studies of its kind. The sleep disorder has far-reaching consequences for both the individual and society as a whole...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/210529.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/210529.phpWomen with transient restless legs syndrome (RLS) during pregnancy appear to be at a higher risk of developing a chronic form of RLS later in life or have the same symptoms during future pregnancies, according to new research published in the December 7, 2010, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology...Restless Legs Syndrome Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/210400.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/210400.php A drug prescribed for Parkinson's disease may also treat restless leg syndrome without the adverse side effects of current therapies, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Rasagaline works by prolonging the effect of dopamine, a chemical that transmits signals between nerve cells in the brain. The cause of RLS is unknown, but research suggests a dopamine imbalance...Restless Legs Syndrome Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/204780.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/204780.phpA 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...Fibromyalgia Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/196165.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/196165.phpUCB announced the results of a 6-month, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study, published in the journal Movement Disorders, showing that Neupro® (rotigotine transdermal system, 2 and 3 mg/24 hours) provided sustained, clinically relevant improvements in symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)...Restless Legs Syndrome Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/192296.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/192296.phpThe first data to show that Neupro® (rotigotine transdermal system) significantly improved wellbeing and daily activities that are often impaired by pain related to Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) were presented this week at the 14th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Buenos Aires, Argentina...Restless Legs Syndrome Sun, 16 May 2010 00:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/188819.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/188819.phpRestless 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...Restless Legs Syndrome Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/186646.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/186646.phpUCB announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided a complete response letter recommending reformulation of Neupro® (Rotigotine Transdermal System) before making it available in the U.S. market for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and restless legs syndrome (RLS)...Restless Legs Syndrome Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/185347.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/185347.phpNew 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. "Many people with RLS will have spent months or years trying to get a diagnosis and find a treatment that can help them...Restless Legs Syndrome Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/181586.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/181586.phpBooths # 23-25 at the Annual Dialysis Conference -- NxStage Medical, Inc...Restless Legs Syndrome Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/175634.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/175634.phpNew research has shown that reducing the dosage of dopamine agonist (DA) drugs, a mainstay treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), sometimes causes acute withdrawal symptoms similar to those reported by cocaine addicts -- including anxiety, panic attacks, depression, sweating, nausea, generalized pain, fatigue, dizziness and drug cravings...Parkinson's Disease Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PDThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/174947.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/174947.phpA 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