This is Holly explaining a day in the life of a teenager with cystic fibrosis. She has a YouTube channel to help raise awareness for CF and to help people better understand the genetic disorder. You can follow her story here: https://bit.ly/1HmZvU6 Learn more about…
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#KALYDECO – What You Need to Know
Learn more about CF therapy KALYDECO here >> https://bit.ly/1ixwwX8 Cystic Fibrosis News Today is strictly a news and information website about the disease. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or…
#HalloweenSpecial – Spooky Ideas For This Halloween
Healthy Snacks For Halloween: Decorations Tips For A Spooky Halloween Indoors: Halloween Games: Scary Songs To Enjoy On Halloween: Must-Watch Movies For Halloween: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iujVOBJhA6w Learn more about Pulmonary Hypertension: https://bit.ly/1K4oewk…
16 Books About Cystic Fibrosis
Alex: The Life of a Child by Frank Deford Sixty-Five Roses: A Sister’s Memoir by Heather Summerhayes Cariou Not a Wasted Breath by LaRecea Tabor Gibbs A Little Love Story by Roland Merullo The Spirit Of Lo: An…
Cystic Fibrosis Prognosis & Therapies
Today, therapies exist that can increase the possibility of CF children remaining healthy until they become adults. As lung function declines, the individual often becomes disabled. The average life span averages around 40 years of age — substantially higher than in decades past when those with cystic fibrosis did not live past grade school.
Last Week’s Top-3 Most Read Posts On Cystic Fibrosis
Read the Articles Here: Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) For Cystic Fibrosis Discovery of Iron Metabolism-associated Gene Could Lead to New P. aeruginosa Treatments for Cystic Fibrosis P. aeruginosa Infection in Cystic Fibrosis Could Be Treated Using Novel Gene Therapies…
Iron Man to the Rescue of a Boy with Cystic Fibrosis
What it’s like to be a Salty Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giqFyUEVqpQ See what it’s like to be a Salty Girl in the eyes of Bailey Anne Vincent, one of the Cystic Fibrosis patients portrayed in Ian Pettigrew’s recently published the book Salty Girls. Learn more about the Salty Girls Book here: https://bit.ly/1PQ6rjC…
L’Erin Stortz’s fight to cure Cystic Fibrosis
L’Erin Stortz , General Manager of the Matthew Morris Salon will soon be honored by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at a special event recognizing outstanding young professionals. In accepting this distinction, she committed to raise money to help the Foundation realize its mission of controlling and curing cystic…
12 Movies about Cystic Fibrosis
1. Foreverland (2011) See IMDB page: https://imdb.to/1RY2YyO The Cystic Fibrosis News Today forums are a place to connect with other patients, share…
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