Cystic fibrosis wonder drug raises life expectancy by 8 years
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 …
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CF sufferers facing heavy financial, mental and physical burdens | UK | News
CF Trust members and the Daily Express at Downing Street (Image: handout) An alarming 43 per cent the UK’s cystic fibrosis sufferers worry about their future every day – as …
NHS nurses create device to save lung patients and CF sufferers’ lives | UK | News
EXCLUSIVE Inspired NHS nurses have created a device that not only helps save lung patients’ lives, but also the environment and even vital taxpayers’ money. Traditionally patients with long-term lung …
Man to cycle 530 kilometres to save cystic fibrosis sufferers | UK | News
Devoted dad Bob Clarke is cycling 530 kilometres from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh To Angkor Wat in Cambodia … to save cystic fibrosis patients like his treasured daughter. And CF-sufferer …
Jesse Browne’s dramatic health U-turn … all thanks to wonder drug | UK | News
A five year-old with cystic fibrosis is finally “living his childhood” as his health soars … thanks to a wonder drug the Daily Express helped fight for. Last year anxious …
Scientists to investigate alarming link between CF and bowel cancer | UK | News
A charity has launched a new fundraising appeal to investigate links between cystic fibrosis (CF) and diabetes – and why CF sufferers are five times more likely to develop bowel …
Cystic fibrosis sufferer to run half-marathon for her lost sibling | UK | News
A cystic fibrosis sufferer with soaring health thanks to a wonder pill is now running in memory of her lost sister – who tragically died from the cruel condition before …
Free Prescriptions Spring Budget Plea | UK | News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been urged to give a compassionate Spring Budget – by finally granting free prescriptions to sufferers with rare genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis. A year ago …
Mum Becky Whitfield’s proud legacy for her tragic CF daughter Elle | UK | News
EXCLUSIVE A CHARITY ball to celebrate what would have been a cystic fibrosis sufferer’s 18th birthday has raised over £8,000 in her memory – to help other sick children. In …
Call the Midwife’s Jenny Agutter rails against CF drug ban
The Call The Midwife star has the gene that causes the lung condition and has a niece and great nephew with CF. Kaftrio has been called a near-cure for many …