The United States Cystic Fibrosis Foundation released the first guideline on newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF), in order to improve timely detection of CF in infants from all racial and ...
The cost of medication was too high for thousands of CF sufferers around the world. Now a Bangladeshi company is making a generic version that will change lives ...
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 ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects the lungs, digestive system and other organs. Babies are screened for it when they are born. Now, those living with the ...
Giving a new cystic fibrosis medication to a pregnant woman who carries the gene for the disease was unexpectedly beneficial for her fetus, a Stanford Medicine team found. When a prenatal ultrasound ...
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, digestive system and other organs From a very young age, Morgan Barrett struggled to gain weight ...
Infants from minoritized racial and ethnic backgrounds who have positive newborn screening tests for cystic fibrosis received their diagnostic follow-up for the disease later than recommended and ...