Betty and her daughter Cyndi work side by side. Not only do they share their love for flowers. This mother- daughter team share the same genes and ome they wish they didn't.

"My legs jerk first. Then it feels like something is crawling in it," said Betty Shaw.

"Just when you get to sleep good, it would start, and then you're up," said Cyndi Foshee.

Both suffer from restless legs syndrome -- or RLS -- and now, another female in the family is getting up during the night with leg pains.

"My 18-year-old daughter is starting to show signs of it."

60% of all sufferers say family members also have it.

One man is actually part of one of the biggest families living with RLS. Out of 70 family members living in Bavaria, 20 of them experience pain, itching and an incredible urge to keep moving their legs.

Until now, there's been no cause, but a team of researchers from the Max Planck institute in Germany has tracked down genes that may be
responsible.

"We identified variants -- genetic variants in three genes, -- and these variants increased the risk to develop RLS."

If you have these genes, researchers say you're 20-times more likely to get RLS.

This new finding could lead to a cure to stop the pain. For now, some natural ways to relieve symptoms include an increase in folate, taking a
multivitamin, eliminating caffeine and taking two Aspirins before bedtime
may help relieve the symptoms -- symptoms that can effect everyone in
your family differently.

For more information, call the medical minute line at: (407) 740-0789 ext: 579