Orphan drugs offer critical treatment options for rare diseases, improving quality of life for underserved patients and ...

I spent my childhood and young adulthood being told I was “too young and healthy” to be dealing with the health issues I experienced. But as an adult, I was determined to find answers, and eventually, ...

An international study has identified two types of these so-called dysbioses in cystic fibrosis. They display ... Second Phase 3 Clinical Trial Again Shows Dupilumab Lessens Disease in COPD ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease affecting multiple organ systems, with pancreatic dysfunction representing a critical and often overlooked complication.

A Rocky Balboa quote loved by many, but lived by Allison Angell, the first person in the UK to have four major organs ...

My dad tells me that my Uncle Andy was the greatest of kids. He was always smiling, had the vocabulary and sharpness of a literary maestro, and loved exploring. He also never complained a day in his ...

Explore the courageous journey of Claire Wineland as she shared her life with cystic fibrosis, inspiring many.

Finally, the ER doctor advised my mom that if I ended up at the hospital one more time, they would have to test me for cystic fibrosis. Sure enough, in April 1985, I was admitted once again and was ...

What is a cystic hygroma? A cystic hygroma — or lymphangioma — is a birth defect that appears as a sac-like structure with a thin wall that most commonly occurs in the head and neck area of an infant.

(2005) Genetic Modifiers of lung disease in cystic fibrosis. New England Journal of Medicine 353(14): 1443:53. Darrah R, McKone E, O’Connor C, Rodgers C, Genatossio A, McNamara S, Gibson R, Stuart ...

But that's not all Abbie as done for the health community. Stockard raised money for cystic fibrosis research which is inspired by her best friend, Maddie who has cystic fibrosis. She has said that ...

Stockard poses with her friend, Maddie and Paul Finebaum during fundraiser "Maddie has a genetic disease called cystic fibrosis, and growing up, I saw firsthand some of the devastating effects that ...