All news on the topic: Cystic fibrosis

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DWP could give you £8,000 a year if you suffer with asthma or other conditions
The DWP has released the latest figures for PIP and ADP claims for respiratory conditions
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Mum slams baby's 'death sentence' as miracle cystic fibrosis drug costs too much
Layla is just five months old and has cystic fibrosis. Her mum Rula says she is likely to be denied a life-changing drug on the NHS as it was branded too expensive
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Parents warned after old wives' tale about 'salty foreheads' is proven true
Lots of us know an ‘old wives' tale’ or two from our parents, usually designed to warn us against doing something silly, however, at least one of them has their origins in the truth that could help parents
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Desperate mum begs for miracle drug to help baby son who faces premature death
Suzanne Doherty's baby son Leo was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis just weeks after he was born - and she is now worried he won't get the treatment he needs to survive on the NHS
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Baby girl's potentially life-saving drug treatment snatched away over costs
Isabelle Bennett from Bury was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis a matter of weeks after being born and has now had a potentially life-saving drug taken away from her over costs
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Little boy denied wonder drug on NHS writes heartbreaking letter to King Charles
Threatened by the life-limiting condition of cystic fibrosis and denied access to a new wonder-drug, four-year-old Jesse Browne has pleaded for help to King Charles
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Mum's heartbreak as her son's life extending drug deemed too expensive
Archie Armstrong was born with cystic fibrosis and the drug Kaftrio would help him, but now guidelines issued to the NHS have question whether the drug is cost-effective
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Neighbours find starving kids with 'little skeleton arms' before tiny boy dies
Neighbours heard a woman screaming for help on Monday morning, and as one rushed to her aid, he found a three starving children with one boy, aged 9, unresponsive on the floor. He later died at the hospital
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Dad makes miracle recovery from deadly illness after family told to say goodbyes
Freddy White, 45, from Edinburgh has told how he was rushed to hospital and was given a low chance of survival but he was motivated by the fighting talk of his partner and the tears of his son
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Man diagnosed with life-changing disease forced to take 40 tablets a day to live
Kieron from Wales now takes Kaftrio, a modulator drug that is available to some people with cystic fibrosis that helps increase lung function and limit the damage cystic fibrosis can cause.