Cystic fibrosis used to be a death sentence. A progressive genetic disorder, the disease slowly drowned patients’ lungs with thick, sticky mucus while destroying other vital organs in its holistically ...

William O’Neal II was skeptical. He’d taken pills all his life and they'd had only ever moderately helped his myriad cystic fibrosis symptoms. Invasive nebulizer therapies and harsh mucus-loosening ...

Office was a generous word for the room in which Dr. Mike Welsh did lots of his research. Large closet fits better. Welsh was mostly alone, hunched over specialized microscopic equipment on a ...

IOWA CITY — William O’Neal II glances over his laptop screen every time the front door scrapes the sidewalk above, the extended whoooosh of escaping current like an airlock depressurizing. One of ...

The coughing is so violent, so thunder sharp, that Dr. Mike Welsh, hears the deep, wet claps through the room’s closed wooden door and well down the hallway. The echo reverberates, the force of each ...

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Cystic fibrosis is a progressive, genetic disease that impacts organs including the lungs and pancreas. Almost 40,000 children and adults in the U.S. live with the disease, but thanks to advancements ...

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Over the course of his career, Dr. Michael Welsh has seen cystic fibrosis transform from terminal to highly treatable. On this episode of Talk of Iowa, we listen back to host Charity Nebbe's ...

Their rare-disease journey was thrust into the national spotlight in 1993 with an iconic Sports Illustrated cover featuring New York Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason and his young son Gunnar, who was ...

NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason and his son, Gunnar, were thrust into the spotlight in 1993 when Gunnar was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, then a little-known disease that was viewed as a fatal ...