The former beauty queen stared into the camera, but this was no pageant or performance. She looked frail and thin, and her hair was rumpled. But Eva Markvoort smiled weakly.
Kerry Burns, financially wiped out after her late son was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, talks about bankruptcy reform.
Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39
Surfers chasing waves off the coast of Australia gave researchers a clue to a cheap, effective treatment for cystic fibrosis.
Better than a spoonful of sugar
BUGS -- viruses and bacteria -- cause most minor diseases, and some of the major ones like AIDS. But many of the real killers and cripplers, including cancer, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, a...
Fortune: SWEET CHARITYupdated: Mon Feb 13 1989 00:01:00
Not many CEOs will admit their goal is to liquidate, but Robert Dresing says that is precisely his aim. Dresing, 53, is CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to finding...