85: Impact of Narcolepsy on Social Relationship Health in Adolescents

Welcome to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in neurology sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice. In this episode, we spoke with Eric Zhou, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He spoke on a recently conducted study assessing the link between narcolepsy in adolescents and social relationship health. Specifically, he talked about how the sleep disorder impacts mood, physical activities, driving, and other long-term health outcomes, as well as ways we can help adolescents with narcolepsy at the earliest stages.  Looking for more narcolepsy discussion? Check out the NeurologyLive® narcolepsy clinical focus page. Episode Breakdown: 1:20 – Identified links between narcolepsy and social relationships 3:05 – Long-term impacts of affected mood, physical activities, and driving  4:15 – Current assessment of narcolepsy in adolescents 5:30 – Neurology News Minute 8:05 – Attempts to prevent narcolepsy at earliest stages 9:15 – Implementing programs in school to help adolescents with narcolepsy 11:20 – Future research on narcolepsy in younger populations This episode is brought to you by Medical World News, a streaming channel from MJH Life Sciences®. Check out new content and shows every day, only at medicalworldnews.com. The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here: FDA to Hold AdComm Meeting for Investigational DMD Treatment SRP-9001 Treg Suppressing Agent COYA 302 Shows Slowing of ALS Disease Progression FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for AbbVie’s 24-Hour Continuous Carbidopa/Levodopa Pump FDA AdComm Panel Supports Neurofilament Light as Surrogate Biomarker for Tofersen, With Questions Regarding Clinical Benefit Thanks for listening to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. To support the show, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. For more neurology news and expert-driven content, visit neurologylive.com.