Prader-Willi Syndrome Archives

September 4, 2019

Novel treatment for Prader-Willi syndrome being tested at VUMC

A novel treatment for Prader-Willi syndrome, one of the most common genetic causes of obesity, may improve the insatiable hunger that patients with the disorder experience.

By Leigh MacMillan

May 22, 2019

Prader-Willi Clinic establishes new guidelines for treatment

A comprehensive, multidisciplinary Prader-Willi Clinic at Vanderbilt is setting standards for the care of patients with the complex genetic disorder.

By Jessica Pasley

September 13, 2018

Prader-Willi Clinic helps coordinate complex care

For nearly one year, Mary Howard spent hours driving from her home in Columbia, Kentucky, to get medical care for her youngest child, Emily. That all ended when she heard about the comprehensive, multidisciplinary Prader-Willi Clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Jessica Pasley

January 8, 2018

Children’s Hospital opens comprehensive Prader-Willi syndrome clinic

By VUMC News and Communications

December 22, 2016

Discovery sheds new light on Angelman, Prader-Willi syndromes

A mutation associated with epilepsy and autism also is responsible for a “pale eye” trait in two rare genetic disorders, Angelman syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome, neuroscientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center reported this week.

By Meredith Jackson

August 25, 2016

Growth hormone for Prader-Willi

Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome who received growth hormone treatment had cognitive advantages compared to untreated patients.