The Board’s review put Coloradans with CF at the center of the discussion, helping to preserve vital access to Trikafta®.
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Growing up with CF was hard, but my parents helped me learn how to cope by both encouraging me to fight and allowing me space to complain.
From scheduling appointments to dealing with insurance, taking charge of your own care is a part of becoming an adult with cystic fibrosis. However, when the time came for me to take over these responsibilities, I realized more could be done to make the transition smoother.
It took a lot of self-advocacy — and a lot of medical testing — before I received a diagnosis of CFTR-related disorder. Fortunately, my parents supported me as I went from specialist to specialist and finally got my diagnosis.
Clarametyx’s novel therapy aims to disrupt bacterial biofilms, one of the primary causes of antibiotic resistance, thereby potentially increasing the effectiveness of existing treatments in fighting a wide range of bacterial infections, including those commonly affecting people with CF.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation mourns the passing of long-standing CF community champion and philanthropic leader who helped to raise more than $500 million toward the CF cause.
From a young age, I was determined that cystic fibrosis would never stop me from pursuing my dreams in the medical field. It wasn’t until I hit a road bump in pharmacy school that I realized my CF could actually give me a unique advantage.
I learned that service dogs for diabetics can be trained to detect the scent of high or low blood sugar. Could this type of training be effective for teaching my service dog to detect when I have a bacterial infection?