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Little Peruvian Mermaid turns Six On 27th April 2010 Six-year-old Peruvian girl Milagros Cerron blows out her birthday candle flanked by Lima Mayor Luis Castaneda (L) and her doctor, Luis Rubio, during her birthday ceremony at Lima’s City Hall, April 27, 2010. Milagros Cerron, known as the ‘Little Mermaid’ because of a rare birth defect [...]

Progeria is a disease that produces rapid aging, beginning in childhood. Alternative Names Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome Incidence of Progeria # According to Hayley’s Progeria Page, only about 1 in every 8 million children has Progeria. The Progeria Research Foundation claims only 54 cases have been reported worldwide, but suspects up to 150 more undocumented cases exist. [...]