A year’s supply costs over Rs 1 crore, making it nearly impossible for most Indian families to afford. Research suggests it could help them live up to 80 years, compared to the 15–20 years many ...

With limited treatment options and potential for admission to the intensive care unit, researchers of a new paper highlighted ...

When you're sick you'll often produce more phlegm, and might notice it's thicker or a different colour: white, green, yellow ...

It’s produced by special cells within the epithelium. This is a tissue that lines the organs, cavities and surfaces in your ...

Fourty Indian children with cystic fibrosis are receiving free Trikafta. Wadia Hospital in Mumbai is distributing the US drug. The drug is unavailable in India due to patent laws. Vertex ...

Ayodeji Adegunsoye, MD, PhD, MSc, highlights how the underrepresentation of minority populations in pulmonary fibrosis genetic studies hinders accurate disease risk prediction and broader clinical ...

Mumbai: Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children has launched a unique initiative to provide life-saving cystic fibrosis (CF) medication—costing Rs 1.5 crore per child annually—free of charge to 40 ...

A new once-daily cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment trialled in Manchester has been approved for NHS use, following a recommendation made earlier this month by the National Institute for Health ...

Being sick can also affect the consistency of phlegm. In a healthy person, mucus is around 90–95% water – the rest is made up ...

The defective genes result in a build-up of thick mucus in the lungs, pancreas and other organs; common symptoms include persistent coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, frequent lung ...

The NHS will offer a once-daily triple therapy for cystic fibrosis to hundreds more patients, including those with rare ...