One of the central cases that Dr. Watson tackles involves the rare and fatal disease known as Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI). Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from the show. In the story ...

Context: Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a genetically transmitted neurodegenerative prion disease that incurs great suffering and has neither a treatment nor a cure. The clinical literature is ...

In FFI, circadian rhythms break down and the distinction between day and night is blurred. Temperature decline associated with chronic sleep deprivation does not occur in patients with FFI.

The Gist: This is where Dr. John Watson (Morris Chestnut) comes upon his friend and mentor, Sherlock Holmes fighting his ...

CBS, the longtime home of Elementary, is hoping the game is afoot once more with another Sherlock Holmes-inspired procedural ...

She is visibly disturbed after an ultrasound, claiming she has inherited a rare and fatal disease known as fatal familial insomnia (FFI). Along with his team of doctors, he investigates her ...

When I studied for school, I used to spend hours re-reading the given material. I thought that the more information I read, ...

The brother of former Channel Nine reporter Hayley Webb has died from a rare brain disease. Lachlan Webb, who is the younger brother of the ex-television presenter, passed away on Thursday aged 36.

A family were unfortunate enough to inherit an incurable sleeping disease that took the lives of dozens over multiple ...