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 ...

Atypical cystic fibrosis is a mild form of cystic fibrosis. People with this type of cystic fibrosis can experience symptoms that come and go or that are less severe than those people with classic ...

As an undergraduate student in the early 1980s, Marie Egan volunteered at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She’d often spend time in the hospital playrooms with children with serious illnesses ...

Chest physiotherapy is a common treatment for cystic fibrosis that involves breathing exercises and specialized devices. Often, people with cystic fibrosis are taught how to do chest physiotherapy on ...

VTuber Illy, a Scottish streamer known for her kindness and creativity, has died after battling cystic fibrosis. Fellow ...

Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Researchers have discovered that the disease causes changes in the immune system early in life, presumably even in ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) may lead to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). This is because CF causes the body to produce sticky mucus that can block the pancreatic duct, leading to various symptoms.

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects roughly 40,000 Americans. The condition is caused by a mutation in the patient's cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, ...

Breathing disorders are common in the U.S. with conditions like COPD affecting some 7% of the population and asthma affecting another 10%. Digestive conditions like GERD, acid reflux, Celiac disease ...

Cystic fibrosis could affect anyone, of any ethnicity. But many medical professionals are still incorrectly taught that CF is a white disease. For decades, it has been overlooked in people of color -- ...

Protein clustering mechanism on the cell membrane presents a new therapeutic target for cystic fibrosis. A new study from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) reveals the process underlying ...

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