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8 types of common sleep disorders

Medically reviewed by Daniel Combs, MD Key Takeaways More than 50 million Americans have a sleep disorder. Insomnia is the ...
The 2025 AASM guidelines recommend iron supplementation as the first-line treatment for RLS when ferritin levels are below 75 ng/mL. Dopamine agonists like ropinirole can reduce RLS symptoms but carry ...
Credit: Getty Images The American Academy of Sleep Medicine published guidance regarding the treatment of restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder. The American Academy of Sleep ...
Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is often worse at nighttime. Some people may only have the symptoms at this time. Many with RLS also experience limb movements during sleep. As many as 80% of people with ...
This post originally appeared on the blog Persephone Magazine. By Teri Floyd I tilt my head back gracefully, swan-like, and lift my arms high in the air. I bring one hand down and gently graze my arm ...
Dear Mayo Clinic: My husband and I have nearly conquered his snoring habit (so that I can get some sleep) only to have a new problem crop up. Around 4 to 5 a.m. every morning, his whole body begins to ...
A 59-year-old woman with a background of HIV living with an uncontrollable movement disorder presented to Eoghan Donlon, MB, BCh BAO, MRCPI, of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, ...
Athetosis and chorea are two types of involuntary movements that can occur in children and adults with neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy. The movements have different features, and the ...
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder of later life, defined clinically by motor features (asymmetric bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor, and imbalance) and pathologically by neuronal degeneration ...