Even through the virtual setting, research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing faculty continues to receive national recognition. At the North American Cystic Fibrosis ...

Care for patients with cystic fibrosis has undergone transformative changes over the past decade and serves as an example of how an understanding of the functional consequences of a genetic disease ...

Through a two-year, nearly $150,000 R03 grant from the National Institute of Health UAB School of Nursing Associate Professor Sigrid Ladores, PhD, RN, PNP, CNE, is studying a part of cystic fibrosis ...

Sitting beside their son during one of his weeks-long hospital stays over the Christmas holidays a few years ago, David and Kirsty Hill had plenty of time to worry and think. As 12-year-old George lay ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that affects numerous systems of the body. It is a complicated disease that differs from person to person. An autosomal recessive disorder ...

When Neil Sweezey started working as a clinician in the 1980s, he began to spot a strange pattern in his patients with cystic fibrosis. Girls with the genetic disease seemed to be coming into hospital ...

A cystic fibrosis vest is a therapeutic tool. When worn, it provides compressions similar to manual chest percussions. Wearing the vest can help loosen sticky secretions so that a person can more ...

Cystic fibrosis mucus can cause blockages and increased risk of infections. Cystic fibrosis treatments focus on reducing and clearing the mucus. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition that causes ...

Breathing disorders are common in the U.S. with conditions like COPD affecting some 7% of the population and asthma affecting another 10%. Digestive conditions like GERD, acid reflux, Celiac disease ...

Atypical cystic fibrosis is a mild form of cystic fibrosis. People with this type of cystic fibrosis can experience symptoms that come and go or that are less severe than those people with classic ...