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Show DiliG-fl-Tlioa for Gystic fi tresis Sat. "Our goals are simple: To find a cure or control for the inherited disease, cystic fibrosis, while improving im-proving diagnosis and the treatment of children suffering suffer-ing with serious lung-damaging lung-damaging diseases", said Chairman of the Breath of Life Bike-A-Thon in Milford. Mil-ford. Bike-A-Thon contestants who have not already picked up their registration forms may get them from Mrs. Acklin at 155 North 300 West between now and Saturday. The Bike-A-Thon will begin at 8:00 a.m., Saturday, May 19, in front of Del-Mar Construction Co., on the South Milford Road. Be sure to bring your registration forms with you. Funds raised in the Bike-A-Thon will help support the CF care, teaching and research Centers across the U.S., where children with lung diseases are diagnosed and treated with the most modern techniques and equipment. Although cystic fibrosis the most serious lung-damaging lung-damaging disease, is still incurable, the average life expectancy of children affected af-fected has been increased from infancy to the teen years, and many patients now live into young adulthood. adult-hood. These giant strides of progress are due to earlier ear-lier diagnosis and improved methods of treatment. In addition the treatment programs which CF patients are using have proven very effective in alleviating the suffering and often curing children with severe asthma, chronic bronchitis, and a condition sometimes called "childhood emphysema". "Naturally, we know more today than we ever have before, be-fore, but we still have a long way to go before we have conquered CF", said Mrs. Acklin. "Every dollar raised for the Breath of Life Bike -A -T hon means better health and a brighter future for youngsters struggling strug-gling for the breath of life." Persons wishing infor-mation infor-mation about the Bike-A-Thon or about Cystic Fibrosis, Fi-brosis, contact Mrs. Acklin, 387-2878. |