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EMO-T program helps PWS children with emotional challenges

EMO-T, a new emotional skill training program, helped children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) express, recognize, understand, and regulate emotions, a study suggested. After EMO-T, scores related to emotional expression and comprehension matched those of control participants without PWS. Regulating and expressing emotions requires prerequisite emotion skills, said the researchers,…

Respiratory Distress Treated in Toddler With PWS, Moebius Syndromes

A toddler with both Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Moebius syndrome was successfully treated for respiratory distress with a cystic fibrosis medication called dornase alfa and hypertonic saline delivered via the nose. The girl displayed a rare combination of the two congenital diseases — meaning they were present at birth…