The median age at death for those with cystic fibrosis was 66 years in 2022 vs. 26 years in 2008. Life expectancy of patients with cystic fibrosis was only 12% lower than that of healthy ...

According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s 2019 Annual Report, the mean life expectancy for people with CF is 48.4 years. Life expectancy has increased greatly over the years thanks to ...

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation reports that life expectancy and quality of life continue to improve for people with the condition. Life expectancy varies from one person to the next and can depend ...

“I felt so depressed that I didn’t even go into my own garden.” Life expectancy for those with cystic fibrosis was just 36 ...

Today, more than half of the CF population is aged 18 or older, and new treatments have expanded the life expectancy by decades. Cystic fibrosis is caused by a change, or mutation, in a gene ...

Pete Proimos has started the Raleigh-based Filotimo Foundation to provide financial help for CF patients now living longer, ...

Cystic fibrosis might sound intimidating ... many children born with CF today will have near-normal life expectancy and quality of life. Gene therapy and CFTR modulators represent the cutting ...

When Molly Pam was born in 1988, these impossible questions were the reality for people with cystic fibrosis ... 40th and even 50th birthdays. Her life expectancy has shifted drastically within ...

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited condition that ... symptoms usually start in early childhood and there is no cure. The average life expectancy is still the mid-30s but it is hoped these treatments ...

"When I reached 30 and felt in sort of peak fitness, peak health, on top of all my cystic fibrosis, I thought I really want to do a challenge to celebrate that," he explained. The condition affects ...

Atypical cystic fibrosis is a mild form of cystic fibrosis. People with this type of cystic fibrosis can experience symptoms that come and go or that are less severe than those people with classic ...