A 21-year-old YouTube star who spoke frankly about her cystic fibrosis dies one week after getting a lung transplant

Claire’s Place Foundation/Facebook Claire Wineland, an internet celebrity who chronicled living with cystic fibrosis, died on Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of people watched her videos and read her posts where she discussed her illness and sought to change public perception of it. She died after a lung transplant partly crowdfunded by her followers.   Claire […]

A new Korean skin care company borne from a battle with cystic acne believes you only need 3 products to achieve clear skin

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Panacea We’re often led to believe that the more products you slap on your face, the more effective they’ll be.  Skin care brand Panacea supports the opposite: with […]

Cystic fibrosis treatment: How can you put a price on my little girl’s life?

GETTY Cystic fibrosis affects 10,400 people in the UK, and five babies are born with the disease each week My beautiful little girl doesn’t look sick. In fact she looks so well that anyone who doesn’t know her wouldn’t have a clue that she has cystic fibrosis (CF), the UK’s most common life-threatening inherited disease. […]