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EAN 2026 | The need for increased research and funding in restless legs syndrome
Julian Spinks, MBBS, Medway Practices Alliance, Maidstone, United Kingdom, comments on the current state of research in restless legs syndrome (RLS), expressing concern over a decline in research output due to funding issues, and highlighting the need for further research into treatments. This interview took place at the 12th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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I’d love to say there’s lots of research that is really exciting me. What has worried me over the last few years, because I go to an annual conference, is that the amount of research is going down. Partly it’s a funding problem. We applied as a group at one point to the EU. We didn’t get the funding for it. What it means is that some of the previous research is still being worked on...
I’d love to say there’s lots of research that is really exciting me. What has worried me over the last few years, because I go to an annual conference, is that the amount of research is going down. Partly it’s a funding problem. We applied as a group at one point to the EU. We didn’t get the funding for it. What it means is that some of the previous research is still being worked on. Lots of stuff about genetics, genome and so on to see whether we can understand why some people have RLS and others don’t. But also, we need to have more of the research into the treatments and also ways to actually empower patients to help themselves if we’re not going to be able to completely cure the disease, which so far has proved impossible.
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