Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation Blog

Medical Marijuana and RLS By Jacquelyn Bainbridge, PharmD, and Mark Buchfuhrer, MD, FRCP(C), FCCP, FAASM The medical and recreational use of marijuana is increasing in the U.S. The drug remains illegal under federal law (even though it is legal in 23 states and the District of Columbia), but a federal spending bill passed in December 2014 prohibits the...

Read More

Researchers at Yale University in the Department of Neurology are investigating potential hormonal mechanisms underlying Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) also known as Willis Ekbom Disease (WED). There is no known cause of RLS/WED, but several lines of evidence suggest that it is a disease influenced or caused by hormones. The aims of the project are two-fold:  To determine...

Read More