Abby Alten Schwartz THE WASHINGTON POST – My daughter was a high school senior when I first caught her skipping respiratory therapy. She has cystic fibrosis, and her treatment back then included using a nebuliser twice a day while wearing a life-preserver-like vest that shook mucous from her lungs. Already hypervigilant about my daughter’s health, […]
Cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that slowly destroys the lungs beginning in childhood, has no cure. After years of work, new treatments are changing the dire prognosis for many.