<a href="https://support.doctorpodcasting.com/media/k2/items/cache/d8d819444745c6c6e0db8fca0c47164b_Generic.jpg"><img align="right" border="0" src="https://support.doctorpodcasting.com/media/k2/items/cache/d8d819444745c6c6e0db8fca0c47164b_S.jpg" alt="improving-early-detection-of-kidney-disease-in-cystic-fibrosis-patients" /></a><p>Thanks to medical advances, people with cystic fibrosis (CF) are living longer than they used to. But with this development comes the increasing incidence of kidney disease among these patients. That's why Tom Harris, M.D., a pulmonologist at Children's of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), is working to improve early detection. In this episode, he explains the research he's done on diagnosis and emerging biomarkers of CF-related kidney disease.</p>