Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Terry Wright was 54 when he finally understood why he'd been in pain most of his life. His diagnosis with cystic fibrosis, an ...

Cystic fibrosis is a progressive genetic disease that damages multiple organs, including the lungs and pancreas. The disease is caused by variants in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance ...

DENVER — A lung doctor based in Denver says the disease she treats is sometimes misdiagnosed because of a patient’s race. Now, Dr. Jennifer Taylor-Cousar hopes a new tool will empower patients to ...

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 ...