Being female or less affluent still linked to early death in cystic fibrosis

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 03:00 in Health & Medicine

Despite improvements in survival for people with cystic fibrosis over the last 50 years, females and individuals from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds continue to die younger than males and the more privileged in society, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

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