Restless legs syndrome occurred in approximately 40% of adults with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, based on data from 32 individuals. Dr John Winkelman Patients with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a neurodegenerative disease, often experience gait and balance problems, as well as leg discomfort, sleep disturbances, and pain, wrote John W. Winkelman, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My child moves around a lot at bedtime and has trouble falling asleep. She describes “bugs” on her legs. As someone who was diagnosed with restless legs syndrome, I am wondering if children can develop restless legs syndrome, too? ANSWER: Yes, children can have restless legs syndrome. You…
More data support the concept of stroke-related restless legs syndrome as an “emerging entity,” investigators report in a new study. New research has identified the lenticulostriate and ventral brainstem as the main regions implicated in stroke-related restless leg syndrome (s-RLS). Researchers also observed dopaminergic dysfunction in patients with sRLS. “Clinicians should be aware of sRLS…
Actor Richard Burgi has been fired from CBS’s soap opera “The Young and the Restless” after returning to the set too soon after contacting COVID, TheWrap has confirmed. Burgi, who joined the cast as Ashland Locke in March, announced the breach himself in an Instagram Live post on Jan. 11, in which he said that he “naively…
