When 15-year-old Anna Hankins accepted the title of Miss Amazing in Chicago, the Mississippi teen was beaming not only because of the award, but also because of the opportunity to raise awareness ...

Soleno Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SLNO) drives innovation in rare disease treatments, often discussed within the Nasdaq index.

Prader-Willi Syndrome affects thousands of children in the United States, yet is relatively unknown to the general population. This genetic condition, resulting from an abnormality on the 15th ...

Haley Kavrell, 17, who must cope with Prader-Willi syndrome, which causes her to feel constant hunger, picks basil at her home in Davis late last month. Renée C. Byer [email protected] After receiving ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --No parent wants their child to suffer from hunger pains, but for one Twin Cities family, that's a constant struggle. Two-year-old Nick Joncas never feels full. He has a disease ...

An Australian study reveals that people with the rare genetic disorder known as Prader-Willi Syndrome may have an impaired autonomic nervous system. This discovery opens up a new way of looking at the ...

Stem cell researchers have reversed Prader-Willi syndrome in brain cells growing in the lab. The discovery provides clues that could lead to a treatment for Prader-Willi, a genetic disorder that ...

New funding is enabling Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers to develop new approaches to potentially help people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a devastating and incurable genetic condition.

A central characteristic of people with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is an apparent insatiable appetite leading to severe overeating and the potential for marked obesity and associated serious health ...

The FDA granted orphan drug designation to an investigational drug for the treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome, according to an industry press release. Tesomet (Saniona) is an investigational, ...