The Cystic Fibrosis Center now has multiple patients in their 70s. “I used to say, ‘My job is to turn you into a little old lady or a little old man, and I need your help to do that,’” he said.

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 ...

Credit: Getty Images. In individuals with cystic fibrosis, major depression is considered a treatable cause of disability, death, and suffering. Overall, the prognosis of CF is individualized because ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that affects numerous systems of the body. It is a complicated disease that differs from person to person. An autosomal recessive disorder ...

BOSTON — With the remarkable advances made in therapy over the past decade, many patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) can expect to survive into their 50s and even well beyond. But as patients with CF ...

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 married, having ...

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 ...

Interim results from phase 2 proof-of-concept study, using LUNAR-CF for treatment of patients with Cystic Fibrosis, expected 1st half of 2025. The global Cystic Fibrosis market size is projected to ...

They call it the Purge. You have experienced, in a modest way, something like it in the waning days of a bad cold, when your lungs finally expel their accumulated gunk. The rattle in your chest quiets ...

I was living on the precipice of end-stage disease when I enrolled in the clinical trial that resulted in the historically fast Food and Drug Administration approval for the game-changing cystic ...