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At Military CF Centers, More Work Needed on Mental Health Care

Most military cystic fibrosis (CF) centers in the U.S. are generally following mental health screening guidelines — but there’s still room for improvement — a study showed. Specifically, the identified areas needing improvement include the standardized use of screening tools for suicidal thoughts, improving healthcare providers’ comfort with all…

Abnormal Eating Patterns Are Seen in Many Younger CF Patients

About 10% of adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) have abnormal eating patterns, according to a single-center study. Results suggested that nutrition-focused subscales of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised (CFQ-R), a tool commonly used for assessing health-related quality of life in CF, may help identify young patients at risk…

Study Advocates Physical Activity as Routine Care

Efforts to promote physical activity in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) should be holistically integrated into routine care, rather than delivered as separate interventions. “The key message resulting from the current research is that the promotion of [physical activity] in this population would be most effective as part of…

LGG Supplement May Ease CF By Changing Gut Microbiome

Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) whose intestinal microbe populations — or gut microbiome — were dominated by Bifidobacteria had fewer hospitalizations and pulmonary exacerbations, needed fewer antibiotics, and showed lower inflammation in the gut than children with a gut microbiota favoring Bacteroides, a study reported. A dominance of Bifidobacteria…