NightWalkers Archives

2021

FALL 2021

New Position Statement Declares that Sleep is Essential to Health, Augmentation Q&A, New RLS Medical Bulletin, 10 Steps Closer, New Administration Presents New Opportunities

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SUMMER 2021

The Management of Restless Legs Syndrome: An Updated Algorithm, The Rise and Fall of Dopamine Agonists, Restless Sleep Disorder: A Potential New Sleep Diagnosis, Conversations with RLS Physicians: COVID Heroes, The Buchfuhrers - Celebrating Father's Day as Doctor Team, Making Something to Heal Something

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WINTER 2021

Ekbom Award Wnners, RLS In the Workplace, Richard P. Allen Memorial Research Fund, Your First Doctor Visit for RLS, Hope on the Horizon

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SPRING 2021

Member-Funded RLS Research Grant Program Becomes More Targeted, What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines, Magnesium and RLS, Sleep, Technology and RLS, Awareness and Advocacy Through Art, Inform Your Congressional Representatives About RLS

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2020

SUMMER 2020

Join the RLS 2020 Virtual Summit, Sept 23 is RLS Awareness Day, Reduce Stress During Anxious Times, National RLS Opioid Registry Update, Stay Involved and Connected During COVID-19

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FALL 2020

Support and Connection are Just a Click Away, RLS, COVID-19 and our Superpower, Is Kratom a safe treatment alternative, Can an Active Lifestyle Prevent or Improve RLS Symptoms, Keeping the RLS Community Together

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WINTER 2020

2020 Federal Spending Package Supports RLS Research, Stepping Up for the RLS Foundation, Why Your Voice Matters, What to Eat with RLS, RLS and Disability Benefits, Q&A: Pathophysiology of RLS

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SPRING 2020

Keep Medical Teams Informed - Hospitalization Checklist, New Patient Odyssey Survey on Quality of Life, Join us for the 2020 National RLS Patient Symposium, Yoga and RLS, The SIBO and RLS Connection, Considering Technology for Better Sleep

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2019

SUMMER 2019

RLS Advocacy Day on Capital Hill, New Study on How Opioids Work for RLS, Comorbidities & RLS, Let's Make the World RLS AWARE, Impossible Burger: A Source of Iron?, Caregivers Make a Difference

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FALL 2019

RLS Awareness Day 2019, Advocacy: What We've Achieved, RLS Linked to Higher Suicide Risk, What We Know about CBD, Coping Strategies Q&A, Is Melatonin Right for You?

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WINTER 2019

Add Your Voice to RLS Advocacy, Speak up at RLS 'Day on the Hill' in DC on May 3, Opioid Action Alert: Provide Your Input by March 25, Nonmedication Strategies for RLS, A Support Group No Matter Where You are, Don't Let Augmentation Stop You in Your Tracks

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SPRING 2019

Meeting the Daily Challenges of RLS, Augmentation Treatment, Is Methadone Less Addictive Than Other Opioids?, Finding an RLS Provider, Travel, Work and School with RLS, Medical Canabis and RLS

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2018

SUMMER 2018

RLS Awareness Day Sept. 23, RLS Webinars for Healthcare Providers, Advancing Awareness in DC, Back to School with RLS, 9/29-30 RLS Patient Symposium, Popcorn and Other Nondrug RLS Treatments

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FALL 2018

Depression and RLS, 150 Attend RLS Patient Symposium, RLS and Insomnia? CBT-I May Help, Guided Meditation and RLS, Research: One Step Closer to RLS Model, Ask the Doctor

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WINTER 2018

New Research Identifies Adenosine Role in RLS, New Guidelines on Appropriate Use of Opioids, RLS Advocacy Update, Managing RLS Through Multitasking, We're All Part of The Solution.

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SPRING 2018

RLS Advocacy in Washington, New Guidelines for Iron Treatment, Attend the National RLS Symposium Sept. 29-30, Finding a Medical Provider, RLS Foundation Membership: Give the Gift!

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2017

SUMMER 2017

Foundation Funds Study on Opioids and RLS, 2017 Ekbom Award, RLS Awareness Day is Sept. 23!, Medical Cannabis and RLS, Is Nighttime Agitation Linked to RLS?, Technology and Your Sleep.

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FALL 2017

New Advocacy Initiative on Opioids for RLS, Awareness Day-Thank You, Sleeping with Technology, Disability Benefits & RLS, Mackenzie's Story, Art: Another Way to Cope

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SPRING 2017

Our First 25 Years, Testing a Treatment for Augmentation, RLS Training for Doctors Would Be Cost Effective, Augmentation Q&A, Surgery & RLS, New Course for Physician Assistants

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WINTER 2017

Help Keep Opioids an Option, New RLS Quality Care Center: Massachusetts General Hospital, Advocacy: Are You Available? RLS Medictions, Research: Developing a Model to Study RLS

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2016

FALL 2016

Welcome to the new www.rls.org!, Foundation Welcomes New Board Members, Social Media: Another way to Serve You, Opioids and RLS Q&A, Teens: Sleep for Success, Take our Survey

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SUMMER 2016

September 23 is RLS Awareness Day, RLS Booklet for Kids, Two New RLS Quality Care Centers, Bobbie Kittredge Receives Ekbom Award, Can Melatonin Help RLS?, RLS Mimics

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SPRING 2016

RLS and Augmentation, Video Highlights Common Drug Side Effect; Vanderbilt Certified as RLS Quality Care Center; New Scientific and Medical Advisory Board; Research Links RLS, Hypoxia, Blood Flow, Sleep Studies: What to Expect; Magnesium and RLS

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WINTER 2016

Foundation Launches New Strategy for Research; Foundation Funds Study on Economic Evaluation of RLS; RLS Science Summit is 'Meeting of the Decade"; RLS Research Highlights; Avoiding Triggers Through Naturopathy; RLS Foundation Research Grant Program: 1997-2016

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2015

FALL 2015

Houston Methodist and Yale Join Quality Care Center Network; Study Finds Difference in Early- vs Late-Onset RLS; Foundation Awards Second Grant to Dr. Sergi Ferre; Stories of Augmentation; Homeopathic Medicine; Drug Holidays

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SUMMER 2015

RLS Guide for Teens; Emory Joins RLS Quality Care Center Network; Partnering with Your Child's Healthcare Team; Foundation Funds Research on MEIS1 Gene; Drug Holiday Q&A; Art Therapy and RLS

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SPRING 2015

Research Shows H3 Receptor Antagonists have Potenital in RLS Treatment; RLS During Pregnancy and Lactation; RLS Triggers; St. John's Wort for RLS?; 2015 Webinar Series

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WINTER 2015

Stanford certified as WED/RLS Quality Care Center; Foundation Headquarters Moves to Austin, Texas; Medical Marijuana and WED/RLS; Massage Therapy: An Update; Pain and WED/RLS

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What's New

January 13

Nighttime Agitation — Is It RLS?

January 7

In Memorium: Robert H. Waterman, Jr.

December 14

Board Spotlight - Linda Secretan

November 15

RLS in the Workplace