Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update

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Test post

May 20, 2020 09:00 am | Brad Dell

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Video Games Connect Chronically Ill Children Isolated at Home, Hospital

May 20, 2020 07:00 am | Hawken Miller

Dara Riva always had a rule that her 10-year-old son could play video games only once a week. But then the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and her perspective changed. Riva’s son, Maximilian, has cystic fibrosis (CF), making him particularly susceptible to COVID-19 and the complications that can arise from it. As he complies with stay-at-home orders […]
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Has the Face of Cystic Fibrosis Changed Forever?

May 19, 2020 03:00 pm | Bailey Vincent

pre-existing condition, perspective, slowing down

It’s Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, and I’m not aware of what that means anymore. I remember the first time I told someone I was being examined for cystic fibrosis. “You don’t look like you have CF,” she said. “They have a certain look.” She was a nurse who’d been through med school 20 years prior, and her […]
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Growing Lung Bacteria in Labs May Predict Antibiotics’ Effectiveness More Accurately

May 19, 2020 07:00 am | Ines Martins, PhD

Antibiotic susceptibility tests that determine how people with lung infections will respond to antibiotics may work better if researchers grow the pathogenic bacteria in the lab along with other commensal bacteria found in the lungs, because it more accurately mimics their real environment, a recent study suggests. The reason for this is that some infectious […]
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