Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited disease of the mucus and sweat glands (exocrine glands) affecting mostly the lungs, liver, pancreas and intestines. It leads to the damage of lung tissue, adding to the ...

Children with cystic fibrosis and their families are to be offered new support to assist with daily physiotherapy sessions. Young people with cystic fibrosis have to adhere to a daily regimen of ...

People living with cystic fibrosis (CF) will benefit from improved treatment as international experts produce clinical practice guidance for exercise assessments. The European CF Society Exercise ...

A team of global experts have spent a decade creating a guide to clinical assessments which help inform exercise training for people living with cystic fibrosis. People living with cystic fibrosis (CF ...

Picture your life expectancy as the sands in an hourglass. Now imagine those grains of sand running out fast, far more quickly than anyone else’s — how would you feel, what would you do differently? I ...

Do you have respiratory issues? You may get aid from chest physiotherapy. This is a clinical therapy that involves a set of respiratory exercises and physical techniques to improve lung functions and ...

Sharon Brennan has cystic fibrosis - a degenerative disease that can result in lung collapse or liver failure. Forty years ago, life expectancy for sufferers was just five or six years, but now most ...