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 ...

The work of Dr. Michael J. Welsh and his fellow researchers has improved the quality of life and life expectancy for people with cystic fibrosis. Michael J. Welsh has won the Lasker Award and the 2025 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Most people don’t think twice when asked to take a deep breath at the doctor’s office. But for Sarah Rusnell, it’s a true test of how far she’s come in the last few years. On ...

roud parents watch as 4-year-old Gavin carefully writes first his name on lined paper in marker, and then his dad’s name, Jeremy, and finally, his mom’s name, Joy. Such simple things for a family of ...

I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when I was 5 years old. I became a mom for the first time at 27 and could feel a clock ticking in my head. I hover between picturing me seeing my kids graduate ...

Discovered: Everyone thinks they're skinnier than they are, a big Cystic Fibrosis breakthrough, dialysis isn't very sexy and money, not race, explains gap in life expectancy.

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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 ...

Three scientists at Vertex Pharmaceuticals will share a $3 million prize for revolutionizing the treatment of cystic fibrosis and adding decades to the lives of patients with the deadly genetic ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hundreds of Lowcountry moms danced the night away all in support of research to support a treatment ...