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 ...

The Cystic Fibrosis care team has developed an integrated practice unit where multiple and multidisciplinary providers can evaluate patients during a single clinic visit and deliver state-of-the-art ...

Even through the virtual setting, research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing faculty continues to receive national recognition. At the North American Cystic Fibrosis ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In May, the cystic fibrosis community recognizes Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. The Healio Editors have ...

Objective. Health care quality monitoring has been introduced in cystic fibrosis (CF) by a few groups and national registries. Based upon this, continuous quality improvement can be achieved by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Gaps in cystic fibrosis care negatively impacted lung function. Between continuous and discontinuous care, the ...

Cystic fibrosis has long been defined in the public imagination as a disease of the lungs, marked by relentless infections and the daily struggle to breathe.Yet for thousands living with the condition ...

An elevated chloride concentration in an infant’s sweat is indicative of the genetic, progressive disease cystic fibrosis. Many current diagnostics work by detecting levels of chloride in sweat, ...

DECATUR — Dr. Jean Watson once said that nurses “have an insatiable need to care for others,” and aspiring nurse Erik Lamb knows that to be true. In April 2005, Lamb began working full-time at Decatur ...

Atypical cystic fibrosis is a mild form of cystic fibrosis. People with this type of cystic fibrosis can experience symptoms that come and go or that are less severe than those people with classic ...