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News, stories and updates from the world of sleep
Communicating with Your New Doctor About Your (or Your Child’s) Rare Disorder
Note: In this article, the word “you” will be used to mean both you and your child. You will need different kinds of doctors to help you with your rare disease. Specialists will know the most about your disease and which specific treatments are best.... read >
Ask The Doctor: Idiopathic Hypersomnia vs Type 2 Narcolepsy
Question: Is there an overlap between idiopathic hypersomnia and type 2 narcolepsy? Answer: The short answer to this question is yes. The only way to definitively distinguish idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) from type 2 narcolepsy (T2N) is the number of... read >
Beyond Sleepy in Boston: the 2017 Hypersomnia Foundation Regional Conference
SAVE the DATE June 3 and 4, 2017 We have booked Rabb Hall at the Boston Library for another fabulous regional conference featuring dynamic speakers on Sunday afternoon, June 4, 2017. In this completely renovated, state-of-the-art, yet historic... read >
Wing Chun and Hypersomnia
Earlier this year, I experienced a minor miracle. After a full day of traveling and running errands, I was completely drained. The next day was a big event, and anxiety was eating at me. Would I wake up in time, would I have enough energy to be sociable,... read >
There’s a Doctor in the Hypersomnia House
10/2017 Please note that this feature is not currently active and we are not accepting Ask the Doctor questions at this time. Some of the questions that we received made us think about the language that we use when talking about sleep disorders.... read >
Together We WILL Solve the Puzzle of Hypersomnia
Why did the Hypersomnia Foundation Board of Directors and volunteers work for more than two years with physicians and researchers to create a hypersomnia-specific registry? Because, as David Meeker, President and CEO of Genzyme, has said,... read >
Complete the CoRDS Registry to Raise Funds for Research!
Hypersomnia Australia is designating September 5- 11th as Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week. Their theme this year is Improving Quality of Life. We can’t think of a better way to improve the lives of people with Idiopathic Hypersomnia than to... read >
Ask the Doctor
October 2017 Update: We regret to inform you that the Ask the Doctor column will be suspended until further notice. We are regrouping and intend to re-introduce a new and improved column with guidelines and parameters that will meet the... read >
Service and Therapy Animals – Part 1: Getting Started
We begin this two-part series with a basic overview of the different types of service, emotional support and therapy animals. So, you're thinking about getting, or someone has recommended that you get, a service dog, therapy animal, or emotional... read >
What’s New in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypersomnia in 2016?
Rather than writing our own article for this week’s edition of SomnusNooze, we are bringing you information from Dr. David Cunnington in Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Cunnington has agreed to share with us a recent post from his website (sleephub.com.au)... read >