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A teenager whose battle with a rare genetic condition that accelerates the aging process inspired professional athletes and spurred medical research was honored at his funeral on Tuesday. Hundreds of ...

There is a popular saying that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. If that is the case, then Sam Berns turned a lot of lemons in his short life into the best lemonade imaginable. In 1998, when ...