Background: Pharmacotherapy for restless legs syndrome (RLS) may be ineffective or complicated by side effects. Uncontrolled series using pneumatic compression devices (PCDs) have been shown to reduce ...

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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 the latest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Restless legs syndrome (RLS), a neurological condition often marked by a tingling sensation in the legs that keeps patients up nights, can be challenging to diagnose -- and manage. One reason: The ...

Restless Legs Syndrome is a highly prevalent sensorimotor disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move the limbs, ...

Do your legs twitch at night? It might be a warning sign of Parkinson’s. Image credit: bymuratdeniz/Getty Images According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, restless leg ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...