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22 June 2010 5:00 PM | Tagged: cystic fibrosis foundation
WASHINGTON Doctors always said allergies and asthma were behind Laura Mentch's repeated lung and sinus infections.Only when she turned 50 did she discover the real culprit — a disease notorious for destroying children's lungs.Mentch is part of the gradual graying of cystic fibrosis: More and more patients are surviving into adulthood, some even to middle age and beyond.Now, researchers are