Yale researchers have identified a possible driver of the persistent inflammation that causes irreversible lung damage in patients with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that impairs breathing and ...

Cystic fibrosis was once a dire, likely deadly diagnosis, destroying a patient's ability to breathe and digest food -- but a ...

Patients with cystic fibrosis without a lung transplant have elevated risks for cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and ...

Most of Dedra’s life was spent on the sidelines. She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis – an inherited condition that causes mucus buildup in the lungs, and often leads to infections and damage to ...

Supportive therapy, like medications to help open the airways and heal infections, can help you live a healthier life and meet many of the challenges of this inherited respiratory condition. Share on ...

Attempts to treat pneumonia typically focus on pneumonia-causing pathogens. However, at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, researchers have been exploring a different approach. They are trying to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers captured exercise capacity measures during the first week of pulmonary rehabilitation to the session ...

University of Iowa researchers are one step closer to understanding how cystic fibrosis causes lung disease. The findings, published online last week in the journal Science Translational Medicine, ...

COVINGTON, La. — Doctors, nurses, and other members of the medical team clapped and waved at 4-year-old Ava Thomas last Monday as she was rolled down the hospital hallway. "She's waited a long time ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A desperate fight for life for a young woman in Montgomery County. She needs a lung transplant but has been rejected by most hospitals. Follow the tubing to 22-year-old Jen ...

A cystic fibrosis vest is a therapeutic tool. When worn, it provides compressions similar to manual chest percussions. Wearing the vest can help loosen sticky secretions so that a person can more ...