Mentch

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.

The Seattle Times 2010

"It's not OK to have bronchitis twice a year and think it's normal, but that's ... how I walked through life," says Mentch, now 57, who was diagnosed only when a doctor tested her sputum and found a type of Pseudomonas bacterium trapped in her lungs, a red flag for CF.

The Seattle Times 2010

Those less common mutations are the same ones Nick says he's seeing in people, like Mentch, whose CF wasn't diagnosed until adulthood.

ajc.com - News 2010

Now Mentch travels to the Denver CF clinic four times a year to stay on top of her care, which includes inhaled medications and a chest-vibrating vest to clear airway clogs.

The Seattle Times 2010

Now Mentch travels to the Denver CF clinic four times a year to stay on top of her care, which includes inhaled medications and a chest-vibrating vest to clear airway clogs.

ajc.com - News 2010

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.

ajc.com - News 2010

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.

columbiatribune.com stories 2010

Mentch, whose CF wasn't diagnosed until adulthood.

columbiatribune.com stories 2010

A belief in the One G-d perforce involves the notion that one must be a Mentch.

Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?) 2010

"It's not OK to have bronchitis twice a year and think it's normal, but that's ... how I walked through life," says Mentch, now 57, who was diagnosed only when a doctor tested her sputum and found a type of Pseudomonas bacterium trapped in her lungs, a red flag for CF.

ajc.com - News 2010