JOHANNESBURG - The elfin child with the big personality and bright smile calls herself "the first lady" and dreams of the future. But doctors say 12-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse has only, perhaps, ...

More information on progeria and connect with the girls in the "20/20" special. Sept. 10, 2010— -- Barbara Walters reports on Lindsay Ratcliffe, Kaylee Halko and Haylee Okines, three vibrant ...

Hayley Okines was diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder progeria. — -- A teen who brought awareness and hope to those suffering from a rare genetic disease that causes premature aging has died ...

FOXBORO — The screening of an HBO documentary about Sam Berns, a Foxboro High School student with Progeria, a rapid aging disease, has prompted New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to get involved.

A drug first developed for cancer has shown promise as a treatment for progeria, a rare and fatal rapid-aging disease in children, and it may have implications in treating cardiovascular problems ...

(Gray News) – The longest-living survivor of progeria has died at the age of 28. In a Facebook post, the Progeria Research Foundation announced that Sammy Basso passed away Saturday. “Sammy was the ...

Sam Berns, a spunky teenager who was proud to call himself a “band geek” and was at the heart of a 2013 documentary about a genetic condition that accelerates aging, has died. He was 17. Berns, a ...