It's a Lung Story: Aging and Cystic Fibrosis

The Organ Next Door: Heart Health & CF

What happens when the heart becomes part of the cystic fibrosis story? In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker welcome cardiologist

Salty Stories: CF & First Dates

Welcome to the first episode of “Salty Stories”, our new recurring series featuring three voices from the cystic fibrosis community. Each episode explores a different the

"This Is How People Die": Will Cathcart's Novel About CF, Mortality & Stealing Chopin's Heart

What if the future you spent your entire life preparing not to have suddenly became possible? In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Beck

Phage is the Rage: Bacteriophage Therapy for CF

In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Andrea Gavin Becker, and Lauren Harvey explore one of the most talked-about emerging therapies in cystic fibrosis care: bacteriopha

Don’t Slouch on This One! Functional PT & CF

In this episode, we talk with Karen von Berg, a physical therapist at Johns Hopkins who’s spent her career helping people with cystic fibrosis navigate movement, function

The CF Community & the Chase for a Cure: Bijal P. Trivedi’s “Breath from Salt”

In this episode, we talk with science journalist Bijal Trivedi, author of “Breath from Salt,” the definitive and surprisingly human account of how families, scientists, a

Next Generation CF Care: CFRI'S Patrick Nash Fellows Training Program

Most people with cystic fibrosis (CF) know their lungs better than anyone. But what happens when living longer means needing care that reaches beyond the lungs? In this e

Aching for Answers: CF-related Pain

Pain is one of the most common experiences in cystic fibrosis—and also one of the most under-discussed. In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, and Andrea Gavin Becker are

What Love Looks Like: Caregiving & CF

In the season finale of “It’s a Lung Story”, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker return to the studio for a deeply honest conversation about care

Darcy Esiason’s Story: Navigating CF & IVF with Humor & Grace

For many couples in the cystic fibrosis community, building a family means facing infertility—and deciding how to move forward when biology makes things harder, yet again

Hey, What About the Liver? Understanding CF Liver & Biliary Disease

Most people with CF know their lungs better than anyone. But the liver? It’s rarely front and center. In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harvey and Andrea Gavi

CF Parenting Stories: 3 Voices, 3 Perspectives (Part 2)

In Part 2 of "CF Parenting Stories: 3 Voices, 3 Perspectives", Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Andrea Gavin Becker, and Lauren Harvey sit down with returning guests Abi, Mike, and

CF Parenting Stories: 3 Voices, 3 Perspectives (Part 1)

As more people with cystic fibrosis have the chance to become parents (because for the first time, many are living long enough to consider it), Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Laur

The Other Shoe: Cancer Risk & CF

People with CF are used to waiting for the other shoe to drop—but a cancer diagnosis? That one still lands with a thud. In this episode, Ahmet Uluer, DO, MPH, Lauren Harv

CF Transplant Stories: 3 Women’s Voices (Part 2)

In the second part of "CF Transplant Stories: 3 Women’s Voices", the conversation shifts to a more open, deconstructed rhythm with collective reflection. Ahmet Uluer, MD,

CF Transplant Stories: 3 Women’s Voices (Part 1)

You asked for an episode on lung transplants—so we made two . In the first half of "CF Transplant Stories: 3 Women’s Voices", Ahmet Uluer, MD, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and And

Can You Hear Me Now? CF & Hearing Loss

This month, Ahmet Uluer, MD, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker discuss something often overlooked in cystic fibrosis (CF) care: hearing loss. We are joined by A

Salty & Sexy: CF Reproductive & Sexual Health (Part 2)

In Part 2 of "Salty and Sexy", Ahmet Uluer, MD, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker go further into how growing old with cystic fibrosis intersects with reproduct

Salty & Sexy: CF Reproductive & Sexual Health (Part 1)

Sexual and reproductive health isn’t always talked about in CF clinic—but we think it should be part of normal clinic discourse. In episode three of It’s a Lung Story, Ah

But You LOOK Healthy: Mental Health & CF

In this episode of It’s a Lung Story, Ahmet Uluer, MD, MPH, Lauren Harvey, and Andrea Gavin Becker dive into the complex relationship between mental health and cystic fib