There's a saying that goes "Sleeping medicine". Sufficient sleep is especially important for adolescents who are in the midst ...

To know whether you have narcolepsy, it's important to recognize a few common symptoms, such as excessive daytime sleepiness.

Cataplexy is a rare symptom linked to narcolepsy. The right diagnosis and treatment can help you manage these sudden episodes ...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s experimental narcolepsy drug significantly improved outcome for patients in late-stage clinical trials, and could become the first treatment to target the root cause of the ...

When entrepreneur and author Michelle Weger first started falling asleep in her university classrooms at 17, the teenager who ...

Your eyes close and your mind shuts down the second your head hits the pillow, but you wake up 10 hours later still feeling tired. Many people complain about sleeping too little, but some struggle ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Alkermes and Takeda ...

A hormone produced by the brain, orexin, may play a central role in the functioning of the brain’s glymphatic system, which clears waste, according to a new study from the University of Oulu.

Takeda’s orexin receptor 2 agonist oveporexton succeeded in two phase III trials, setting up a first FDA filing for the small molecule for the treatment of narcolepsy type 1. Other companies including ...