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 ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recruiting participants for the Phase 3 Hunger Elimination or Reduction Objective ...

A morbidly obese South African boy with a rare condition which caused him to eat excessively died at a hospital in the city of Pretoria on Thursday aged just 11 years old. Caden Benjamin of Mpumalanga ...

(RTTNews) - There are some diseases/disorders which lack a cure and Prader-Willi Syndrome is one of them. Prader-Willi Syndrome, or PWS, is a rare genetic condition that affects one in 12,000 to ...

Treatment with intranasal carbetocin was not associated with a statistically significant improvement in hyperphagia compared with placebo. Topline results were announced from a phase 3 trial ...

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurogenetic disorder with hypotonia, psychomotor delay, obesity, short stature, and sleep-related breathing disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ...

Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. announced progress in its Phase 3 HERO trial for ARD-101, aimed at treating hyperphagia associated with Prader-Willi Syndrome, with data expected in early 2026. The company ...

A special diet and growth hormones may offer hope for children with Prader-Willi syndrome. By Jane E. Brody When a child is born with a rare disorder that few doctors recognize or know how to manage, ...

This story first appeared in Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can sign up here to get it delivered to their inbox. I respect the investigative skills and short ...