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Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update Contents: Choline Supplementation Improves Lung Function, Liver Health in CF Patients, Study Shows How Do We ‘Speak CF’ in a Way that Connects Us? If I Were the Manic Pixie Dream Girl in My Own Sick Life Choline Supplementation Improves Lung Function, Liver Health in CF Patients, Study Shows Apr 08, 2019 09:02 am | Joana Carvalho Choline supplementation improves lung function and liver health in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), and should be considered as a complementary treatment to current standard care therapies, a study suggests. The findings of the study, “Choline Supplementation in Cystic Fibrosis — The Metabolic and Clinical Impact,” were published in the journal Nutrients. CF is a genetic […] The post Choline Supplementation Improves Lung Function, Liver Health in CF Patients, Study Shows appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More How Do We ‘Speak CF’ in a Way that Connects Us? Apr 08, 2019 09:00 am | Tré LaRosa We all play different roles in our lives: We are friends, children, siblings, parents, cousins, employees, and more. In each of these roles, we assume the jargon of that role when we talk in those environments. In our workplaces, we may use the scientific, technical, or specific jargon that is impossible to comprehend if you’re […] The post How Do We ‘Speak CF’ in a Way that Connects Us? appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More If I Were the Manic Pixie Dream Girl in My Own Sick Life Apr 05, 2019 03:00 pm | Bailey Vincent I wish my life was a Cameron Crowe movie. If it were, then after I left my doctor’s appointment this morning, things would have gone differently. If my life was a movie, my nurse would have been a kindly but bossy woman (likely played by Octavia Spencer) who both relates to me and teaches me […] The post If I Were the Manic Pixie Dream Girl in My Own Sick Life appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More   Recent News Mucus and Inflammation, Rather Than Infections, are Early Drivers of Lung Disease in CF, Study Says 3 Ways Fear and Anxiety Shaped How I Cope Dealing with Expectations at Work with an Invisible Illness Resura, First Prenatal Non-Invasive Test for Single-Gene Diseases Like CF, Launched by Progenity Phase 2a Trial Will Test Molgradex in CF Patients with NTM Infections