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Double lung transplant survivor Scott Johnson preparing for 80-mile paddle board crossing
Star News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt 29 years old, Scott Johnson contemplated suicide. Johnson was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis — a...
What Is Cystic Fibrosis (CF)?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCystic fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary disease that affects the respiratory, digestive, and reproductive systems. The genetic mutation that drives CF...
'Doctors warned I wouldn't reach 30, but I've defied the odds and ticked off my bucket list'
Yahoo Life UK· 8 months agoCharlotte Bones was told by doctors she might not see her 30th birthday due to cystic fibrosis....
Pewaukee girl with cystic fibrosis gets her wish: a home gymnastics room
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVILLAGE OF PEWAUKEE - Everlie Schirpke, 6, hesitantly crept down the basement stairs. At the bottom...
Wilmington's record-breaking lung transplant patient dies at 60
Star News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHowell Graham of Wilmington, the United States' longest-surviving lung transplant recipient whose...
In 1967, He Was Told He Had 2 Years to Live. In 2023, He's Riding the 5 Boro Bike Tour.
Bicycling via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSurviving Cystic Fibrosis, Riding the 5 Boro TourNBC NewsWire - Getty Images A 66-year-old man who...
A mother's loss launches a global effort to fight antibiotic resistance
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDiane Shader Smith's daughter, Mallory Smith, died at age 25 after fighting an antibiotic-resistant...
The ones we lost: Wilmington-area notables who died in 2022
Star News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA historian. An author. A record-setting lung transplant survivor. And the man who helped preserve...