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Welcome to PWS China!
…Our Goals: Enhance public awareness and understanding of PWS community. Avoid misdiagnosis and ensure early diagnosis, timely interventions and accurate treatments. Maximize access to policy, medical and therapeutic resources. Alleviate burdens on PWS families. Improve public understanding of PWS community. Foster inclusive, diverse, harmonious and respectful social environment. Conduct research on PWS community. Enhance benefits of PWS community in areas such policy, medical care, education and social welfare. For more information visit their website: http://www.xpwilli.org/…
PWS research in China
IPWSO interns April and Lauren tell us more about the research going on in China including the work of the PWS Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Introduction Since it was first described in 1956, there has been a lot of clinical interest and research into the diagnosis and treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome internationally: and now timely early intervention and treatment with growth hormone from an early age can…
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…Get Involved International Community IPWSO was established so that PWS associations, families, clinicians and caregivers around the world could exchange information and support and have a united global voice under one umbrella. Information for Families Find useful guides, research and information to help families manage PWS. Information for Medical Professionals The latest medical and scientific research and information, plus guides into common medical issues affecting people with PWS. Information for Professional Caregivers Sharing international knowledge…
Advisers
…problems in individuals with an underlying genetic disorder especially Prader-Willi syndrome. Brian Hughes Member of the Advisory Group on “Research on specialist services for people with PWS”. Brian Hughes is Professor of Psychology at the University of Galway, Ireland. He is a specialist in stress psychophysiology, health psychology, and research methods. He has conducted extensive research into the ways human cardiovascular responses habituate during repeated or sustained stress exposure, helping to explain how some people…
Fertility, sexuality and sex hormones
…growth spurt in puberty, for the development of secondary sexual characteristics, body fat/lean muscle composition, bone mineral density, and quality of life. In addition to the well-established hypothalamic dysfunction in PWS, recent studies have associated the hypogonadism with impaired function of the ovaries and testes. Therefore, the flaw may lie along the continuum from complete primary (ovaries/testes) hypogonadism to complete central (hypothalamus/pituitary) hypogonadism. In the majority of women with PWS menarche (first menstruation) is usually…
Setting Boundaries
…Behaviour and Mental Health International Community IPWSO was established so that PWS associations, families, clinicians and caregivers around the world could exchange information and support and have a united global voice under one umbrella. Information for Families Find useful guides, research and information to help families manage PWS. Information for Medical Professionals The latest medical and scientific research and information, plus guides into common medical issues affecting people with PWS. Information for Professional Caregivers Sharing…
What are the effects of COVID-19 on People with PWS?
…a novel cause of pneumonia. The ensuing pandemic has had an effect on and influenced all aspects of our daily life. Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is the most commonly diagnosed genetic cause of obesity and may be suspected at birth due to extreme hypotonia and failure to thrive, followed later by evidence of developmental delay, the development of overeating (hyperphagia), and relative growth and sex hormone deficiencies. The latest international research, conducted under the auspices of…
Free Diagnosis
…1993-2023. In particular, Figure 1 shows the comprehensive testing strategy to diagnose Prader-Willi syndrome and to establish the genetic mechanism. There are two routes to access Free Diagnosis depending on where you are located. Latin America Rest of the World (IPWSO) Supporting diagnosis in Latin America IPWSO is delighted that the Instituto Fernandes Figueira (IFF) in Rio de Janeiro is now offering free diagnostic testing for PWS to all families in Brazil and throughout Latin…
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Families
Find useful guides, research and information to help families manage PWS.
Information for Medical Professionals
The latest medical and scientific research and information, plus guides into common medical issues affecting people with PWS.
What is PWS?
Prader-Willi syndrome is a complex genetic condition. Various studies have shown that between 1 in 15,000 to 25,000 children are born with Prader-Willi syndrome.