Cystic Fibrosis : Video : Cystic fibrosis is the most common genetic killer. In the past, most children with the disease died by the age of 20; today a variety of antibiotics are helping some to live into their 40s. Progress is also being made on creating a genetic test for parents that would detect the defective gene before a child is born. This program from The Doctor Is In looks at how families cope with the uncertainties accompanying the disease and the daily therapies it requires. The camera follows a two-year-old, twenty-year-old, and forty-year-old around at their homes. It also interviews pediatrician William Boyle of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Joan Milsaps, CF Coordinator for the State of New Hampshire; and Dr. Walter Nolls, a researcher in genetic testing at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. A Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center production. (26 minutes)


			Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is the most common genetic killer. In the past, most children with the disease died by the age of 20; today a variety of antibiotics are helping some to live into their 40s. Progress is also being made on creating a genetic test for parents that would detect the defective gene before a child is born. This program from The Doctor Is In looks at how families cope with the uncertainties accompanying the disease and the daily therapies it requires. The camera follows a two-year-old, twenty-year-old, and forty-year-old around at their homes. It also interviews pediatrician William Boyle of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Joan Milsaps, CF Coordinator for the State of New Hampshire; and Dr. Walter Nolls, a researcher in genetic testing at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. A Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center production. (26 minutes)

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