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News From World Sleep 2022 in Rome!
Frances Smalldridge, a Hypersomnia Foundation volunteer and liaison in the UK, attended the World Sleep conference in March 2022. As a medical student and a person living with a hypersomnia, she learned much about current and future research by connecting... read >
HF’s “HINT” Test for Identifying Possible Sleep Disorders
Have you heard about the HF’s “HINT” test yet? It’s a quick four-question screening test, to help school professionals, primary care providers, and others identify people who might have a sleep disorder and thus need to see a sleep medicine expert... read >
ICYMI! Events Edition: Get the Scoop on HF’s Attendance at Numerous Events This Past Fall
HF had a very busy fall, attending numerous conferences and events. We’re very excited to have been able to expand our efforts to reach more clinicians, researchers, educators, and people affected by idiopathic hypersomnia and related disorders. We... read >
In Case You Missed It! – August 2019
It’s summer and we know you’re busy! Keep up to date with the news we’ve shared via social media with the sleep disorder community in this month’s “In Case You Missed It!” So don’t worry if you’ve missed anything – we’ve got you... read >
HF Is Raising Awareness of IH from Coast to Coast (and Down South, too!)
Have you seen us? The Hypersomnia Foundation has been here, there and everywhere lately, raising awareness of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) and related sleep disorders! From Boston to Seattle, from Denver to San Antonio, we’ve been talking to medical... read >
Announcing Our New Video Webpage
DID YOU KNOW? The Hypersomnia Foundation has been steadily adding to our library of videos (many of them presentations from HF conferences), showcasing researchers, healthcare providers, and people with IH. Now you can easily find them in one place... read >
7th International Narcolepsy Symposium Includes IH! (Part 2 of 2)
In December’s SomnusNooze, we featured Part 1 of a 2-part Summary of the research findings presented at the 7th International Symposium on Narcolepsy, which was held earlier this fall in Boston. Prominent sleep medicine researchers and physicians,... read >
7th International Narcolepsy Symposium Includes IH! (Part 1 of 2)
The 7th International Symposium on Narcolepsy, held in Boston earlier this fall, gathered both basic and clinical researchers from around the globe so they could share their latest findings with each other to help advance the field. Representatives from... read >
HF Advocating for People with IH at Scientific Symposium
The Hypersomnia Foundation (HF) was delighted to participate in this September’s 7th International Symposium on Narcolepsy. The HF was invited, along with three other patient advocacy groups “to bring important and diverse perspectives on how best to... read >
In Case You Missed It! – September 2018
In case you missed it, here are highlights from our social media to keep you up-to-date! From HF board members raising hypersomnia awareness at the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation Conference to an insightful commentary from a science writer living with... read >