by IPWSO | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog
Contributed by Dr Janice Forster PWS is known for hyperphagia and temper outbursts. Researchers have discovered that temper tantrums precede the typical food related behaviors in early childhood. For all children, including those who have PWS, ...
by IPWSO | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog
contributed by Georgina Loughnan Georgina Loughnan (IPWSO Board member) Constanze Laemmer (paediatrician and nutritionist), Norbert Hodebeck-Stuntebeck (from the Professional Provider Caregiver Board) visited Hanoi, Vietnam, to present a one-day Prader-Willi Syndrome...
by IPWSO | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog
As 2019 comes to a close, our dear friend, Linda Thornton, will take a few steps away from IPWSO. Linda is known to many people within the world of PWS, but most people may not know the extent of her passionate and tireless commitment to IPWSO. Linda established the...
by IPWSO | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog
Contributed by Marguerite Hughes, Vice President, IPWSO Hosting educational booths at medical conferences has long been a means by which IPWSO has sought to raise awareness of Prader-Willi syndrome and the services it provides. IPWSO’s recent participation in the...
by IPWSO | Jun 2, 2019 | Blog
Photo above: Anders receiving his award for participating in IPWSO’s 6th conference in Romania, with one of his own paintings on the wall depicting his holiday in Burma with the Orangutans. Anders’ mother, Jean Phillips-Martinsson, was IPWSO’s first...
by IPWSO | Nov 12, 2018 | Blog
Gina Mullis is a Kiwi, living and working in Ireland. This was her first experience of a PWS conference and she writes… I was very fortunate to be given the opportunity to attend the IPWSO 5th International Caregiver’s Conference in Munich this year. It was...
