FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - A teenager whose battle with a rare genetic condition that accelerates the aging process became the subject of an HBO documentary has died. Sam Berns was 17. Berns, of ...

Sam Berns was a Boston Bruins fan, and someone who made an unforgettable impression on the team. Berns was the face of progeria, the genetic disorder that results in rapid, premature aging in children ...

Sam Berns, the teen who became nationally known for his fight against a disease that accelerates aging, died on Friday from complications of his disorder. As our friends at Shots explained back in ...

"I loved Sam Berns and am richer for having known him. He was a special young man whose inspirational story and positive outlook on life touched my heart. I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to ...

A Massachusetts community is coming together Tuesday to remember a young man who changed many lives just by facing his own health battle with so much courage.A funeral for 17-year-old Sam Berns is ...

Sam Berns -- the subject of the Oscar-shortlisted HBO documentary -- died as a result of complications from the extremely rare genetic condition progeria. By Scott Feinberg, The Associated Press Sam ...

Foxboro got it right when it named the new turf field at Foxboro High School the Sam Berns Community Field in a ceremony attended by Sam's parents and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Last ...

Berns was the star of a popular documentary on progeria, a disease that accelerates aging. His parents, spurred by Sam's own illness, were... Sam Berns, the teen who became nationally known for his ...