Narcolepsy Doctors
Speaking at the Hypersomnia Conference 2015
I’m thrilled to be a featured speaker at the Hypersomnia Foundation’s Annual Conference on Fri. July 17 – Sat. July 18, 2015 at Emory Conference Center Hotel in Atlanta, GA. Join us: http://bit.ly/2015HSFConference. I will present two sessions, one sharing my inspiring journey from hiding my narcolepsy to becoming a vocal advocate and a second session on communicating about sleepiness.…
Read MoreVideo: Truth about Narcolepsy – Julie Flygare’s Live TV Interview
Some are calling it the best news segment on narcolepsy yet! On Nov. 25, 2014, I was thrilled to be featured on The Daily Edition’s “Truth about Narcolepsy” segment airing on Channel 7 in Australia. Monique Wright interviewed myself and Dr. David Cunnington in Melbourne. Watch now: Visiting Channel 7’s Los Angeles studio was a lot of…
Read MoreLive TV Narcolepsy Interview on The Daily Edition in Australia
Tomorrow, I will be interviewed on live TV in Australia, sharing my story of narcolepsy on The Daily Edition. Aussie friends, be sure to tune in – it airs on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 at 2:00 pm on Channel 7. The narcolepsy segment is scheduled to air around 2:30 pm. Watch below. I’m excited to visit The…
Read MoreUnveiling the new NARCOLEPSY: NOT ALONE website!
I’m so excited to share Project Sleep’s new NARCOLEPSY: NOT ALONE™ campaign website at: www.narcolepsynotalone.com. When I started this campaign last year, I never imagined it would become such an empowering international movement. Now, NARCOLEPSY: NOT ALONE™ is the world’s largest social media narcolepsy awareness campaign – setting a bold new precedent that narcolepsy is not a joke, but a real disorder…
Read MoreNarcolepsy Keynote Speaker in Australia!
Australia, here I come! I’m beyond honored and thrilled to announce that I will be a keynote speaker for the First Patient Conference hosted by Narcolepsy Support Australia on the Gold Coast in Queensland on May 1-3, 2015. Narcolepsy Expert Extraordinaire, Dr. Emmanuel Mignot is the other confirmed keynote speaker! In addition, I will present sessions on…
Read MoreNarcolepsy Finding Retracted but Autoimmune Theory and Epidemiological Association to Influenza/H1N1 Vaccine Remain Strong
Recently, Science reported that Science Translational Medicine (STM), retracted an important study in their December 18, 2013 journal by Dr. Emmanuel Mignot of Stanford that explained the first steps in our understanding of narcolepsy as an autoimmune disorder. In his study, Dr. Mignot had found that T cells were primed to attack hypocretin. Hypocretin are the brain…
Read MoreNarcolepsy Article Accepted for Publication by American Journal of Medicine
I’m on PubMed! I’m thrilled to announce that the American Journal of Medicine accepted my article for publication, Flygare J, Parthasarathy S, Narcolepsy: Let the Patient’s Voice Awaken Us!, The American Journal of Medicine (2014), doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.05.037. I was honored to collaborate with Dr. Sai Parthasarathy, MD on this article. Dr. Parthasarathy is Associate Professor of Medicine…
Read MoreWhy NARCOLEPSY: NOT ALONE Matters…
Why NARCOLEPSY: NOT ALONE matters: “You have touched my daughter in a way I don’t believe I could ever to make her feel. To see her excitement passing out the bracelets, sharing that she has narcolepsy and cataplexy and she’s PROUD, it’s such a great change for her.” -Karen, Kenya’s Mom “I just got my shirt in…
Read MoreNarcolepsy on The Doctors Show
On Thursday, May 22, 2014, narcolepsy will be featured on The Doctors Show. Please check for local listings here. As a narcolepsy spokesperson and author of Wide Awake and Dreaming: A Memoir of Narcolepsy, I’m so thrilled that the Doctors Show will highlight narcolepsy on TV. Thank you to my brave and beautiful friend and co-advocate,…
Read More“Women You Should Know” Features Narcolepsy Speaker/Author Julie Flygare
I’m so honored to be featured by Women You Should Know in today’s fantastic feature article “You Should Know Someone With Narcolepsy… Her Name Is Julie Flygare“. The article states: “When Women You Should Know first came to know of Julie, she was described as, ‘a dynamo Rock Star, who accomplishes everything she does with grace, humility, courage, and strength,…
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