audio/podcast: ReachMD - Program - Solving the Mystery of Restless Leg Syndrome

Solving the Mystery of Restless Leg Syndrome

Program Description

For the 12 million Americans who suffer from restless leg syndrome (RLS), the disease can often be misdiagnosed and misunderstood. Doctors as well as their patients are now more familiar with RLS due to the intense marketing of drugs used to treat restless legs syndrome. Host Dr. Anthony Alessi talks with Dr. Carl Ansevin, an adjunct faculty member in the department of biomedical sciences at Kent State University and sleep specialist at the Ohio Neurologic Institute in Boardman, Ohio, about how to properly diagnose and treat restless leg syndrome and which patients are more at risk of developing the disease.

Restless Legs Syndrome - eMedicineHealth: Treatment, Symptoms, Causes

Restless legs syndrome and its relationship with anxiety, depression, and quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

2010 abstract:Restless legs syndrome and its relationship with anxiety, depression, and quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

"The prevalence of RLS in patients undergoing chemotherapy is 18.3%, about double of that expected in the general population. The occurrence of RLS is much more frequent in female patients and with longer-term chemotherapy."