http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Margaret Rosenfeld, M.D., M.P.H., of Seattle Children's Hospital, and colleagues conducted a study to examine if hypertonic saline would reduce the rate of pulmonary exacerbations in children younger than 6 years of age with cystic fibrosis (CF). Inhaled hypertonic saline is recommended as therapy for patients 6 years or older with CF, but its efficacy has not been evaluated in patients younger than 6 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-inhaled-saline-young-children-cystic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 20 May 2012 11:00:04 EST news256713005