As of 2023, more than 17 percent identified as non-white. In Utah, patients like Livingston often work with Teresa Kreger RRT, a respiratory therapist who has been at the center for 30 years. “When ...

A new study from Epic Research, a health analytics firm based in Verona, Wisconsin, detected some encouraging news for those who suffer from cystic fibrosis (CF). In 2008, the average life expectancy ...

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Inside the deadly disease confounding medicine, researchers piecing together clues and the breakthrough that meant survival ...

Researchers have developed a simple urine test to measure the severity of the serious disease cystic fibrosis and assess the effect of new treatments. Researchers have developed a simple urine test to ...

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who did not receive a lung transplant developed cardiovascular disease, kidney problems, and cancer at higher rates than those without CF. Those with CF who did ...

A tiny antibody component could fundamentally transform the treatment of cystic fibrosis: For the first time, researchers ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – During the 1950s, a child with cystic fibrosis rarely lived long enough to attend elementary school. Today, many people with CF are achieving their dreams of pursuing careers, getting ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Roughly one in 10 adults with cystic fibrosis also had a diagnosis of heart failure, according to a real-world study of patient medical records reported here. Among the roughly ...

Haunted by the cystic fibrosis patients he could not help, one Iowa doctor commits his life to understanding what is broken deep inside their cells.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects the lungs, digestive system and other organs. Babies are screened for it when they are born. Now, those living with the ...