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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted market clearance to Westmed’s Vibralung Acoustical Percussor. The device was produced by the medical device manufacturing company to treat not only patients with respiratory diseases, but also other conditions and diseases that feature an increase in mucus production, secretion infection and inspissation, and defects…

Radio Free Europe — Radio Liberty’s Claire Bigg reports that robust protests by advocacy groups have persuaded Russia to lift its ban on Western nutritional supplements badly needed by patients suffering from a range of chronic diseases including cystic fibrosis (CF). Earlier this month, Russia banned imports of what…

According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, it seems that surfing can extend the life of people suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF). CF is a genetic disease that affects approximately 30,000 people in the U.S. and 70,000 people worldwide. It causes the production of thick mucus, which eventually clogs…

“I’m fear-driven. I want to do everything I can for my granddaughter to extend her life, and the lives of those who are struck with this disease.” – David Kuhn The medical community now has a more positive outlook towards cystic fibrosis (CF) management compared to how…

Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie has begun the voting process for the award of 40 scholarships to outstanding students with cystic fibrosis (CF). The award will grant each winner $2,500 to be invested in their undergraduate or graduate school education during the next school…

Thanks to advances in pulmonary and nutritional therapies for cystic fibrosis, children who were born and diagnosed with this disease in the United States in 2010 are expected to live longer than those born earlier, a study recently published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine…

Scientists at Melbourne, Australia based Monash University have developed a new x-ray imaging system that enables researchers to see ‘live’ how effective treatments are for cystic fibrosis. Published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, entitled,…

People suffering from Cystic Fibrosis (CF) usually develop lung disease due to a defective host defense that allows bacterial infections in the airways. Furthermore, advanced CF patients cannot preform mucociliary transport (MCT), a process that traps and drives bacteria from the lungs through mucus flows in the epithelium…

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most frequent, lethal genetic disorder, affecting roughly 30,000 people in the United States. Early death occurs mainly from chronic lung disease caused by persistent lower airway infection and inflammation. There are several important airway pathogens that are detrimental to CF patients, such as Staphylococcus…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a Humanitarian Use Device approval to a novel device, the XPS™ and STEEN Solution™ XVIVO Perfusion System, which has the capacity to preserve donated lungs outside the human body for up to 4 hours before surgery into critically ill patients, including those…