by KLS Foundation | Aug 15, 2014 | KLS Diaries, KLS in the Media, News Articles
“Sleeping Away Their Youth” Cleveland Jewish News featuring Arielle & Dani Farber – October 13, 2006 Arielle and Dani Farber both suffer with KLS. There is currently no treatment or cure. Jews may have proclivity for Kleine-Levin Syndrome, a rare...
by KLS Foundation | Aug 15, 2014 | KLS in the Media, News Articles
Irish Examiner featuring Claire O’Neill “This is the story of Claire O’Neill 17, who has pretty typical KLS episodes. Like may KLS sufferers the road to diagnosis was a difficult one. It describes the trails and tribulations of living with KLS very well....
by KLS Foundation | Aug 15, 2014 | KLS in the Media, News Articles
Weekly Reader/Altered State featuring Eric Haller – October 20, 2006, Current Science “The abnormal hunger and sleep patterns of people with KLS suggest to Mignot that two areas of the brain–the thalamus and hypothalamus—are affected by the...
by KLS Foundation | Aug 15, 2014 | KLS in the Media, News Articles
“Rip Van Winkle Disease” August 15, 2007, DISCOVER MAGAZINE Science, Technology and the Future featuring Steve Maier “The disease sounds as if it came straight out of Grimms’ fairy tales. Teens fall into a slumber, dozing weeks or even months at a...
by Varda | Feb 18, 2014 | Announcements, News Articles, Uncategorized
Dear KLS community, As you know, the Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) Foundation is a volunteer-run patient advocacy group established 16 years ago to support patients, families and healthcare professionals dealing with KLS. The KLS Foundation Board is now seeking to...
by KLS Foundation | Jan 2, 2014 | KLS Diaries, News Articles
Being in a KLS Episode is like Being Taken Over Short-term memory loss is one of the many symptoms of KLS, but his episodes are something Steve Snow would rather forget. When they strike, the 20-year-old from Ontario, Canada, says that he becomes a completely...