The single biggest risk factor for the vast majority of chronic diseases is old age. For many diseases, in fact, a person's birth date is a larger red flag than all other known risk factors combined.

Life is short—especially for children with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a rare disease in which individuals rapidly develop symptoms of old age, such as hair loss, wrinkled skin, arthritis ...

Biologists used induced plenipotent stem cell technology to discover a destructive cellular process in progeria, a rare genetic disorder that causes premature aging. Patients die in their teens of ...

Progeria, also known as ‘Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome’ or ‘Hutchinson–Gilford syndrome,’ literally means ‘prematurely old’. It was first described as early as 1886 and is defined by the ...

Girls with a fatal, rapid-aging disease live each day to the fullest. Sept. 10, 2010— -- At times, Lindsay Ratcliffe is just like any other first grader, who loves ponies, Legos and running the ...

Progeria is caused by a genetic mutation that results in an overabundance of the protein named progerin. Accumulation of progerin within a cell is typically seen in normal aging, but the rate of ...

Children with progeria appear quite normal at birth. The earliest signs of progeria are scleroderma -like symptoms which manifest as changes on the skin. Within a year to two of birth, other physical ...

An organ transplant drug may offer hope for rare 'aging' disease in children. June 30, 2011— -- When Zoey Penny was only 4 weeks old, her parents noticed that the skin on her belly was hard to ...

The Progeria Research Foundation (PRF) is the only organization in the world dedicated to discovering treatments and the cure for children with Progeria. PRF is a non-profit that was founded in 1999 ...

PROGERIA is a rare medical condition that affects children and is often referred to as Benjamin Button disease. The condition is extremely rare with fewer than 1,000 cases reported per year.