How our son’s Prader-Willi meltdowns affected family life
While I was shopping with my grandson, he spotted a ball in the next aisle. Since we’d experienced incidents of balls thrown at other shoppers, I didn’t want a repeat. “No ball!” I said.
Choosing Happiness — Janet Favorite
Janet Favorite is a longtime resident of St. Paul, Minnesota. Her memoir, “Raising Robert,” was written as a guide for new parents of children with special needs, and it includes the story of her son’s experience with mental illness. Janet swims often and boasts of having gone swimming in two Great Lakes, three oceans, three seas, and several cold Minnesota lakes. She feels her outdoor adventures replenish her spiritual energy, enabling her to cope with life’s challenges. You can find her at Janet-Favorite.com.
Vykat XR may help PWS patients with restricted food access, diabetes
Vykat XR (diazoxide choline) can safely reduce hyperphagia — a feeling of insatiable hunger that is a hallmark of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) — in patients whose access to food has been restricted…
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