People with CF now leading longer, healthier lives
April 14th, 2008
From the Baltimore Sun:
A generation ago, few people with cystic fibrosis lived past their teens. Today, people like Jeff Davis (during a health check at left with his wife and son) are reaching milestones doctors never thought possible.
“We now expect children to live into adulthood and to be healthy as well,” said Dr. Peter Mogaysal, director of the cystic fibrosis center at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
… A steady progression of drugs, medical devices and improvements in disease management has made it possible for patients not only to survive longer, but also to attend college, have careers and raise families. By the early 1980s, median survival had risen to 21 years. Today, it is 37.
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