Care for patients with cystic fibrosis has undergone transformative changes over the past decade and serves as an example of how an understanding of the functional consequences of a genetic disease ...

When Neil Sweezey started working as a clinician in the 1980s, he began to spot a strange pattern in his patients with cystic fibrosis. Girls with the genetic disease seemed to be coming into hospital ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that affects numerous systems of the body. It is a complicated disease that differs from person to person. An autosomal recessive disorder ...

For decades, lung disease has been the most visible and life-threatening part of cystic fibrosis. People might picture ...

Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Researchers have discovered that the disease causes changes in the immune system early in life, presumably even in ...

Cystic fibrosis mucus can cause blockages and increased risk of infections. Cystic fibrosis treatments focus on reducing and clearing the mucus. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition that causes ...

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 ...

They call it the Purge. You have experienced, in a modest way, something like it in the waning days of a bad cold, when your lungs finally expel their accumulated gunk. The rattle in your chest quiets ...