What if your child was aging eight times faster than normal? That’s the harsh reality of Progeria, a rare condition that causes premature aging in young children. Diagnosed between 18–24 months, it’s ...

At the time of Lindsay's diagnosis, there was no known treatment for progeria and no cure, leaving the Ratcliffes to care for their beloved baby, whom they knew they would lose too soon.

It is rare; of every 4-to-8 million births worldwide, only one baby will have progeria, according to the Progeria Research Foundation. So far, 68 children around that world currently have been ...

As a baby, Williams was diagnosed with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome – a rare and fatal genetic condition that rapidly increases the appearance of aging – but that didn't stop the ...

If your child has a type of progeria, their symptoms will likely begin to appear before or around their first birthday. They’ll probably look like a healthy baby when they’re born, but they ...

(CBS/AP) Ontlametse Phalatse calls herself a "first lady" because she's the first black child diagnosed with progeria ... on that something was wrong. The baby suffered constant rashes.

Ontlametse is the sole living black child diagnosed with progeria, a rare and fatal genetic ... Ontlametse’s mother, Bellon Phalatse, said her baby was born looking normal, but she realized ...

Ontlametse is the first black child diagnosed with progeria, a rare and fatal genetic... Ontlametse's mother, Bellon Phalatse, says her baby was born looking normal but that she realized early on ...

These health disorders defy all logical medical explanations. One such condition is the Hutchinson-Gilford progeria. This is also commonly known only as progeria. It is a genetic condition that ...

She suffered from Progeria — also known as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome — a rare genetic condition that causes children to age prematurely. Her post, which was translated into English ...