But people with CF are living longer than ever, according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The life expectancy for patients born between 2017 and 2021 is 53 years. A decade earlier, it was 38.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Cystic fibrosis sufferers' average life expectancy has soared from 56 to 64 in just two years, thanks to wonder drugs the Daily Express helped secure on the NHS. After our campaign, NHS England ...

When he was about 14, Pete Proimos learned a soul-crushing statistic about the cystic fibrosis he’d endured since birth: ...

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 ...

decades of clinical trials have drastically improved both the life expectancy and quality of life of those with cystic fibrosis, or CF. "CF has been an amazing success story," says Lechtzin, who ...

"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 ...

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 ...