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The multi-award-winning documentary 65_RedRoses follows the story of 23-year-old Eva Markvoort from British Columbia, Canada. Eva had cystic fibrosis and her lung function was so low that she needed a double lung transplant. Learn more about cystic fibrosis and lung transplants here. The trailer gives the audience a peek…

Back in 2014, 15-year-old Bryan Warnecke was the inspiration for a OneRepublic music video. The video for the song “I Lived” features Bryan going about his everyday business–having cystic fibrosis treatments, cycling, and playing ice hockey. Find out about another music video which aims to raise awareness…

Many cystic fibrosis patients have a pancreas deficiency which means that they are unable to produce enough digestive enzymes to extract nutrients from food. This often leads to CFers being underweight and lacking vital minerals and vitamins. Discover five webcasts about diet and nutrition for cystic fibrosis patients. In…

Breathe Easy describes itself as a way of “reinventing the way people look at illness” and considers itself a lifestyle movement. It focuses on raising awareness of cystic fibrosis through its Instagram account, which combines pictures of road cyclists with important facts about CF, and its YouTube…

You must have been hibernating if you haven’t heard of or seen the latest craze to sweep the world: it’s called bottle flipping. Children around the globe are annoying their families and teachers by spending hours tossing half full plastic bottles of water to see if they can make it…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3oQZJXV3qQ In this “Making it Matter” podcast video made by Gunnar Esiason for Boomer Esiason Foundation, Gunnar and Julia Rae talk about cystic fibrosis being an invisible illness, meaning people won’t always be able to tell someone has a chronic disease just by looking at them. Read about nine things…

Tim Tebow is a former football player and now a professional baseball player who has set up a non-profit organization aimed at helping underprivileged children around the world. Tebow also founded the W15H initiative,  where he makes some of his fans’ dreams come true by meeting children with long-term illnesses.

Adults with cystic fibrosis are like any other, most want to find the person of their dreams, settle down, get married and have children. But how does cystic fibrosis affect a man or woman’s ability to have children? We’ve compiled a list of facts about cystic fibrosis and fertility based…

When the California-based singer-songwriter Rivvrs contacted Bradley Bjornstad to make the official video for his single “Conquer,” Bjornstad was humbled. The video wouldn’t just showcase the beautiful music of Rivvrs but also be a dedication to his late wife, Kari, who died in August 2015 following complications of cystic fibrosis.