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Unbelievable coma
A 3-year-old Chinese girl from a coma awakens to smoke cigarettes like an adult, a mother who keeps saying
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Articles about Narcolepsy
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Biology
Discovering the gene that causes daytime sleep patterns
Researchers at the University of Tokyo, Japan, have discovered a gene involved in narcolepsy.
Animal world
Fish: Insomnia study specimen
A recent study has shown that zebrafish may suffer from insomnia, especially when scientists tamper with their genes. This will be a cheap, healthy model for studying sl…
Medicine - Health
Strange disease: Just laugh is ... numb
Ms. Kelly Timson, 25, suffers from cataplexy, which causes her body to become completely paralyzed when deeply touched, like surprise, anger or even happiness.
Medicine - Health
Complete the flu vaccine, sleep 19 hours a day
Josh Hadfield lost control of his muscles and started sleeping for 19 hours a day after he was vaccinated with Pandemrix swine flu for 3 weeks.