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If he's lucky, Zach Pickard will live past the age of 13. Zach, now 13 months old, suffers from Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, a disease that accelerates the aging process when the child is 18-24 months old.
Family's horror as girl, 8, gets Lyme disease from tick biteA FAMILY have spoken of their horror after their daughter caught a rare and potentially life threatening disease from a tick bite.
Gardener's Mulch Leads to DeathWhen a man in England opened some bags of old gardening mulch last spring, a dense cloud of dust billowed up around him.
Werner Syndrome Also known by the term "Progeria" - 'prematurely old' Greek derivation, due to the fact that usually presents wrinkling and aging of face.
FDA Approves New Orphan Drug for Treatment of Rare Inflammatory SyndromesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a drug to help ease the suffering faced by those with certain chronic inflammatory diseases.
The first case of progressive scalp cicatricial alopecia and follicular lichen planus (LP) on the trunk and extremities, was described by Piccardi in 1914, to which he gave the name "cheratosi spinulosa".
Handshake with a GP saves man from rare diseaseMark Gurrieri's handshake with a GP saved his life. Mark had a life-threatening disease caused by a benign brain tumour that affects just three people in every million.
Polygamy fueling Ariz.'s rate of genetic disorderIn a dusty neighborhood under sheer sandstone cliffs studded with juniper on the Arizona-Utah border, a rare genetic disorder is spreading through polygamous families on a wave of inbreeding.
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