MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cataplexy'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:37 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5078036&cid=t_335126_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F0pYjzQ4aXt4%2F Earlier this month, the Florida Department of Health filed an administrative complaint against Peter Gleason, a physician, in connection with his 2006 arrest for off-label marketing of the Xyrem cataplexy drug, which is used to treat a sudden loss of muscle tone associated with narcolepsy. His talks were funded by Orphan Medical, which was bought by Jazz Pharmaceuticals. He recently pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor with no intent, sentenced to one year of probation and paid a $25 fine. However, the state failed to note one important detail - Gleason died this past February. The 57-year-old physician recently saw his medical licenses suspended in Pennsylvania and California, and the accumulated weight of the events apparently led him to commit suicide, according to his sister. We left mess... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5078036 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:44:42 +0100 5078036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3885066&cid=t_335126_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fparalyzed-by-love.html (Source: Sleep Education) Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3885066 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:30:00 +0100 3885066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3880780&cid=t_335126_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fpatient-matt-freking-catatonic-love%2F Patient Matt Freking suffers from narcolepsy with cataplexy and becomes paralyzed whenever he sees or experiences the feelings or sensations of love.Sleep specialist Carol Ash discusses this bizarre condition. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3880780 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:13:04 +0100 3880780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802114&cid=t_335126_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fravens-rookie-linebacker-kindle.html (Source: Sleep Education) Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802114 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:07:00 +0100 3802114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3655423&cid=t_335126_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fparalyzed-by-happiness-strong-emotions.html (Source: Sleep Education) Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3655423 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:01:00 +0100 3655423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331315&cid=t_335126_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fcase-of-what.html Recently I was staying with relatives, which gave me the chance to read the New York Times in print. It felt old-timey. I chanced upon an article in Lisa Sanders's Cases series, whose tropes can be summarized as follows:1. Woman faints.2. The doctors can't figure out what's wrong with her.3. Bad Doctor says it's all in her head:A neurologist in New York carefully examined her and her now thick chart and pronounced definitively that there was nothing wrong with her and that she should try to relax and maybe take up yoga.4. Good Doctor notices a few key features and makes the diagnosis: Ledereich watched as the patient calmly sat up. “I know what you’ve got!” he told her excitedly. Her sudden collapse looked as if a switch had been thrown and all her muscles just turned off. Ledereich ... Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331315 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:22:00 +0100 3331315