Doctor creates tool to help people of color screen themselves for cystic fibrosis

A lung doctor based in Denver says the disease she treats is sometimes misdiagnosed because of a patient’s race. Now, Jennifer Taylor-Cousar hopes a new tool will empower patients to screen themselves for cystic fibrosis and advocate for themselves to receive appropriate medical care. Taylor-Cousar is a pulmonologist at National Jewish Health [and professor of medicine at CU School of Medicine].