A 15-year-old girl with a rare genetic condition that causes insatiable hunger just won a beauty pageant. Here's what you need to know about Prader-Willi Syndrome.

Babies with Prader-Willi syndrome often have low muscle tone and struggle to eat. That's how Max was as an infant. Courtesy Heather Osterman A scan also showed he had some brain damage.

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Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic syndrome marked by low muscle tone, below average growth in infancy, excessive appetite, and low muscle mass in adulthood. First identified in the ...

Prader-Willi syndrome is caused by changes in gene expression in a specific portion of chromosome 15. Starting in childhood, it often leads to extreme, insatiable hunger.© Catherine Falls ...

There is no cure for Prader Willi Syndrome, but with a good diet and a lot of physical therapy, life can be easier. Despite being hungry all of the time, Heather’s goal is to see that Journey ...

And a lot of deaths, unfortunately, with Prader-Willi, you know, is the choking,” said Tonya Wilkinson. Like Hannah Wilkinson, 12-year-old Alexis Shapiro from Cibolo, Texas, also suffers from an ...

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder that develops due to the deletion of chromosome 15. People with PWS may experience poor growth and low muscle tone in childhood, low muscle ...

Zinc finger protein 274 regulates imprinted expression of transcripts in Prader-Willi syndrome neurons. Human Molecular Genetics, 2018; 27 (3): 505 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx420 ...

In patients with Prader-Willi syndrome, DCCR is expected to reduce hyperphagia through activation of the adenosine triphosphate–sensitive potassium channels in the hypothalamus.

Here’s how it works. Prader-Willi syndrome is caused by changes in gene expression in a specific portion of chromosome 15. Starting in childhood, it often leads to extreme, insatiable hunger.