Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update

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As a CFer, Birthdays Remind Me that Life Is Fragile

Apr 29, 2019 09:00 am | Tré LaRosa

I can remember the day I discovered the truth that I had already suspected in my heart: cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-shortening disease. I’m just old enough that I couldn’t Google whatever I wanted to at the time. I learned this information from a calendar sitting in my CF clinic. In it were pictures […]
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Diabetes and Insulin Treatment Adds to CF Burden and Ways Are Needed to Ease It, Study Says

Apr 29, 2019 07:00 am | Ana Pena

Having to take insulin to treat cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) adds to patient distress and sense of a poorer quality of life, a study says, alerting experts to a need to find approaches that might ease this burden. The findings were described in the study “The impact of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes on health-related quality of life,” published […]
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Don’t Discriminate Against Disabilities and I Won’t Police Your Politics

Apr 26, 2019 03:00 pm | Bailey Vincent

I am not a political writer. I am a political person, don’t get me wrong. I have no shame in calling myself “political” because I think that anyone with the luxury of saying they’re not interested is someone with inherent privilege. The ability to remain apathetic about the rights and regulations of others is exactly […]
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