The median predicted survival age of a patient with cystic fibrosis in 2020 to 2024 was 65 years, a 19-year increase from 2015 to 2019, according to data from the 2024 Cystic Fibrosis National ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maren Denison, third-year student at the University of Iowa, was in sixth grade when she found out her lung function had dropped to 60 percent as half of her lung had collapsed and was scarred shut.

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 ...

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 ...