When cystic fibrosis hits your lungs hard, hit back. Everything you need to know about getting your lungs back into shape is ...

The star joined forces with Dermot Bannon to achieve his goal of opening a home away from home for the families of cystic ...

Virtual choir program founder Ashley Ballou-Bonnema shares her selfless story on living with and advocating for a life with the chronic disease.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disorder that affects the exocrine glands, including those in the lungs and the digestive system. This causes thick mucus production in the airways ...

Learn how the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator affects the digestive system. Understand how the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) affects the GI system.

Intestinal fibrosis, as a late-stage complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), leads to bowel obstruction and requires surgical intervention, significantly lowering the quality of life of ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is a rare, chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs, making breathing difficult for people who suffer with it.

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

Implantation bleeding is rust-colored, light spotting. By comparison, your period is a steady, light to heavy flow of bright to dark red blood. Implantation bleeding occurs when you’re pregnant, while ...

Gallstone disease is the most common disorder affecting the biliary system, the body's system of transporting ... uses both an endoscopy and an ultrasound to evaluate and diagnose digestive tract ...

the immune system will view the protein as harmful and launch an inflammatory attack, damaging villi. Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect any part of the ...