Fibromyalgia News

Myocardial fibrosis proved to be an independent predictor of adverse outcomes in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, according to new study data.

Patients with cystic fibrosis who have evidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the respiratory tract have a risk for death that is 1.27 times greater than cystic fibrosis patients with no evidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to recent study data.

Health care providers now have the ability to screen parents and diagnose newborns with an improved molecular diagnostic test that can detect 39 cystic fibrosis-causing gene mutations.