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Understudied Areas in CF Get Extra Attention at NACFC

By Jacqui Sjoberg January 14, 2021

I could fill a book with all the things I learned at the virtual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference this year, but I am especially glad that there was a focus on diversity, gender health, and sex-based differences in CF.

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  1. The Pains of Pain Management

    By Joey Disser October 9, 2018

    As a medical professional who has cystic fibrosis, I have experienced both sides of pain management and chafed under the new rules for prescribing pain medications brought about by a nationwide opioid crisis. Despite having to add yet another doctor to my long list of providers, a trip to a pain management specialist wasn’t as bad as I thought.

  2. Demystifying the Colonoscopy

    By Amy Braid September 20, 2018

    As someone with cystic fibrosis, Lynch Syndrome, and CF-related diabetes, preparing for a colonoscopy can be a challenge. Fortunately, I’ve become very well-versed in how colonoscopies work and how to prepare for them over the past 10 years.

  3. When Lungs Collapse

    By Hogan Reed September 10, 2018

    I have had two collapsed lungs in three years. Here’s what I learned.

  4. Why CF Is More Than a Lung Disease

    By Jennifer Sturgeon August 1, 2018

    Although cystic fibrosis is often considered to be primarily a lung disease, it is actually so much more.

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