Teen With Rare Aging Disease Dies at 17

When Sam Berns was 22 months old, he was diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic disease whose symptoms resemble those of aging. He was only supposed to live until 13 years old. Instead, he lived to be 17

Berns died on Friday after spending his life fighting against progeria, a disease that causes musculoskeletal degeneration, cardiovascular problems, loss of body fat and hair and other symptoms normally associated with human aging

In other words, Berns aged faster than he was supposed to. But despite his rare disease, he always said he lived a "very happy life." Read more...