You're desperately trying to doze off, but your legs didn't get the memo—they're achy and uncomfortable, and you feel like you can't keep them still. If that sounds familiar, you may be dealing with ...

Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom Disease, is a neurological condition that affects about 7% of people. Each person's condition is categorized as mild, moderate, severe or very ...

Although restless leg syndrome (RLS) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) share some of the same risk factors and treatments, researchers aren’t yet sure if they’re connected. RLS and OSA are common ...

Restless legs syndrome, also called Willis-Ekbom Disease, is a neurological sleep disorder in which a person experiences an urge to move their legs or arms, and this urge is accompanied by or in ...

The urge, the crawling feeling and the nighttime kicking are more than restlessness.

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, ...

Share on Pinterest Do your legs twitch at night? It might be a warning sign of Parkinson’s. Image credit: bymuratdeniz/Getty Images Restless leg syndrome is a sleep and movement disorder that impacts ...

Survey-based epidemiologic studies suggest that restless legs syndrome (RLS) affects approximately 10% of the general population and can cause significantly reduced quality of life due to sleep ...

Three research hospitals in the Republic of Korea are reporting that restless leg syndrome was associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, with 1.6% of patients with restless leg ...

Spinal anesthesia doesn’t cause or worsen restless leg syndrome, according to a new study published as a letter to the editor in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two disorders that seem completely unrelated except that each is the focus of massive drug company ad campaigns may actually have something in common: Older men who suffer ...