I have had RLS for 40 years so it isnt new, but the symptoms are sometimes hard to describe making diagnosis difficult. It is just recent that they have found medications to treat it. They have found medication to treat parkinsons disease is also effective for the treatment of RLS as well. Most people have never heard of it. From researching it I found out that it is rare. According to what I read only2.7% of the general population have it