Cystic Fibrosis News

On November 14th the Beebe High School Key Club held its tenth annual 5k run.A The original 5k was a benefit for Erin Knight, a Beebe High School student stricken with cancer, and every race since then has been a benefit with the proceeds split between the club and Arkansas Childrena s Hospital.A This yeara s race was dedicated to Braden Benton, ...

Inspiring Song Especially Around The Holidays '65 Roses' Country Song For A Cause New York, New York.

In the 1950s, children with cystic fibrosis usually died before they reached kindergarten age, their airways choked with mucus by a genetic disorder that disrupts their ability to clear infections from their lungs.

Santa delights children from Hope Rural School in Indiantown and their hosts, pupils from Palm Beach Day Academy.

When the Rev. Greg Tolaas arrived at the Church of St. Philip in 1997, average attendance at Sunday mass was between 40 and 50 people.

Working the overnight shift as a paramedic three days a week at Cook Children's Medical Center, in Fort Worth, made that difficult.

Each year in October and November, the fall student council at Eanes Elementary School holds a fundraiser to raise money for a charitable cause.

It started with thin hair, a poochy stomach and even pneumonia. But 25-year-old Odessan Amanda Wood's parents didn't finally learn the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis until she was 2. She's not alone.

Johnson's Popcorn, a Rachel Ray snack of the day, partnered with Cindy Fortunato, author of Sammy's Adventures in Ocean City, NJ, to create a children's gift set that is perfect for OC enthusiasts and raises funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 12:34 a.m. John Gibbins / Union-Tribune Jennifer and Matt Ferguson, who have two children with cystic fibrosis, had their cards punched by Gus Pena after climbing to the Columbia Center's 25th floor.

She got it because it's the slogan for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and now everyone is supposed to forget she's only 17 because she got it for a "good cause." Everyone can calm down about Mileya s tattoo- she did it for a good cause! After bikini pictures of her in Miami, Florida surfaced last week revealing the words, a Just Breathea inked ...

"We've sent our policy out for peer review," said Dr. Carolyn Langer, Harvard Pilgrim's medical director.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff cited concerns on Tuesday with the design and analysis of clinical studies intended to support the effectiveness of Gilead Sciences Inc's experimental cystic fibrosis drug.

Caption: Miley Cyrus The Jingle Bell Ball held at the O2 Arena. London, England .... MILEY CYRUS has had a tattoo inked on her chest in a heartfelt tribute to a pal who died of cystic fibrosis in 2007.

Alexis Yausie wanted to help her schoolmate get healthy again, and if that meant forgoing birthday presents, then that's exactly what the seven-year-old would do.

Originally published December 5, 2009 at 10:30 p.m., updated December 5, 2009 at 10:35 p.m. About 1,000 new cases of cystic fibrosis are diagnosed each year.

It has been six years since Mallory Code signed her scorecard after a round of golf, at a college tournament in Alabama, the only event her health would permit her to play after earning a scholarship to Florida.

The women of the Prince George Royal Purple branch 48 have ensured that women and children being sheltered at the Phoenix Transition home have a traditional Christmas dinner.

It's quite an exciting time to be involved with casino operator MGM Mirage . After $8.5 billion and much hand-wringing , the company is getting set to open its massive CityCenter project, a 67-acre complex which the company hopes will help reduce its $13 billion in debt and drive it forward in a postrecession world.

Eurand N.V. , a global specialty pharmaceutical company, announced the commercial availability of ZENPEP Delayed-Release Capsules, a pancreatic enzyme product indicated for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency due to cystic fibrosis or other conditions.