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		<title>NN’s Official Welcome Gathering!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: NN’s Official Welcome Gathering!Location: Narcolepsy Network?s “River of Dreams” in Jacksonville, Florida, Oct. 23, 24. 25Description: First Raffles picked!
“Sing-a-long” with NN’s Top 40 popular songs
with lyrics changed to express Narcolepsy!!!
Special thanks to local Jacksonville musicians!!Start Time: 20:00Date: 2009-10-23
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		<link>http://bitesizelife.com/2009/10/18/nn%e2%80%99s-official-welcome-gathering/</link>
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		<title>Showing of NN Movie: “Ninety Nine Naps A Day”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: Showing of NN Movie: “Ninety Nine Naps A Day”Location: Narcolepsy Network?s “River of Dreams” in Jacksonville, Florida, Oct. 23, 24. 25Description: A Documentary made at NN’s 2008 mini-conference in Albany
(Note: there are other opportunities to view this throughout the weekend)Start Time: 16:00Date: 2009-10-23End Time: 18:00
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		<link>http://bitesizelife.com/2009/10/18/showing-of-nn-movie-%e2%80%9cninety-nine-naps-a-day%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Registration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: RegistrationLocation: Narcolepsy Network?s “River of Dreams” in Jacksonville, Florida, Oct. 23, 24. 25Description: Registration Desk is Open. Exhibit of Raffle items is open!
Raffle tickets and NN-Water-bottles on sale!!!Start Time: 15:00Date: 2009-10-23End Time: 20:00
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		<link>http://bitesizelife.com/2009/10/18/registration/</link>
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		<title>WELCOME SPACE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Title: WELCOME SPACELocation: Narcolepsy Network?s “River of Dreams” in Jacksonville, FloridaDescription: WELCOME SPACE
Hosted by the Conference Planning Committee
Come enjoy snacks, games, meet-n-greet.
Newcomers meet a “buddy” (with the help of hospitality hosts, Sharon and Lorrie)Start Time: 12:00Date: 2009-10-23End Time: 20:00
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		<link>http://bitesizelife.com/2009/10/18/welcome-space/</link>
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		<title>Genetic Study Confirms the Immune System’s Role in Narcolepsy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Press Release from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
For release: Sunday, May 03, 2009
Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have identified a gene associated with narcolepsy, a disorder that causes disabling daytime sleepiness, sleep attacks, irresistible bouts of sleep that can strike at any time, and disturbed sleep at night. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bitesizelife.com/2009/10/04/genetic-study-confirms-the-immune-system%e2%80%99s-role-in-narcolepsy/</link>
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		<title>Narcolepsy in Childhood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary 
Narcolepsy is a chronic disease commonly diagnosed in middle adulthood. However, the first symptoms often appear in childhood and/or adolescence. Pediatric cases of narcolepsy are among the most often underrecognised and underdiagnosed diseases. This fact raises questions about the reasons for such diagnostic delay from the clinical point of view, and what kind of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bitesizelife.com/2009/10/04/narcolepsy-in-childhood/</link>
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		<title>Olfactory Dysfunction in Patients with Narcolepsy with Cataplexy is Restored by Intranasal Orexin A (Hypocretin-1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary
Until recently, olfactory dysfunction was an unknown feature of narcolepsy. Orexin A, also called hypocretin-1, is abnormally decreased or undetectable in the cerebrospinal fluid of narcoleptic patients with cataplexies. As hypothalamic orexin-containing neurons project throughout the entire olfactory pathway, from the olfactory mucosa to the olfactory cortex, disturbed orexinergic transmission may crucially be involved in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bitesizelife.com/2009/10/04/olfactory-dysfunction-in-patients-with-narcolepsy-with-cataplexy-is-restored-by-intranasal-orexin-a-hypocretin-1/</link>
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		<title>Exacerbation of Cataplexy Following Gradual Withdrawal of Antidepressants: Manifestation of Probable Protracted Rebound Cataplexy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Abstract
Background
A double-blind, placebo-controlled sodium oxybate trial provided a unique opportunity to compare changes in cataplexy following gradual withdrawal from antidepressants in narcolepsy patients.
Methods
Of 228 enrolled patients, 71 discontinued antidepressant therapy. Data from 57 patients were available for analysis: 37 patients discontinued tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and 20 discontinued selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The trial included [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bitesizelife.com/2009/10/04/exacerbation-of-cataplexy-following-gradual-withdrawal-of-antidepressants-manifestation-of-probable-protracted-rebound-cataplexy/</link>
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		<title>Weight Loss in Narcolepsy Patients Treated with Sodium Oxybate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Abstract
Introduction
Narcolepsy is often associated with increased body weight. Sodium oxybate has efficacy in many narcolepsy symptoms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of sodium oxybate on weight in patients with narcolepsy.
Methods
Charts from three centers of all patients with narcolepsy who had been using sodium oxybate for at least 3 months were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bitesizelife.com/2009/10/04/weight-loss-in-narcolepsy-patients-treated-with-sodium-oxybate/</link>
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		<title>Does Age at the Onset of Narcolepsy Influence the Course and Severity of the Disease?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Abstract
Objective
The aim of the study is to compare the course and severity of narcolepsy in relation to different ages at the disease onset.
Methods
Clinical interviews with the completion of the Stanford questionnaire, Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) were evaluated in 105 patients (44 males, 61 females, mean age 45.4±19.2, BMI 29.2±5.8) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bitesizelife.com/2009/10/04/does-age-at-the-onset-of-narcolepsy-influence-the-course-and-severity-of-the-disease/</link>
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