Study: Vitamin D Has No Clear Benefit for COPD Patients

Courtesy WebMD Health  Mon, 01/16/2012 - 15:05

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Much hope has been pinned on vitamin D to cure, prevent, or treat a host of diseases, including the lung disease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

New research, however, may dash some of this enthusiasm for people with COPD, an umbrella name for chronic lung diseases including chronic bronchitis and emphysema.


 

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