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 ...

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 ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a disease that people can be born with. While there is no cure, people with CF may live well into adulthood if they receive the appropriate treatment and medical monitoring.

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects roughly 40,000 Americans. The condition is caused by a mutation in the patient's cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, ...

Alyftrek (vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor) is a combination medicine approved by the FDA in 2024. Alyftrek is approved to treat people ages 6 and older who have ...

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 ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive condition. This means that a person will have CF only if they receive the affected gene from both parents at conception. Share on Pinterest Dalibor ...

Maren Denison, third-year student at the University of Iowa, was in sixth grade when she found out her lung function had dropped to 60 percent as half of her lung had collapsed and was scarred shut.

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 ...