Dr. Paul Donohue: Chronic pulmonary disease therapies don't include cure

Dear Dr. Donohue: My wife was diagnosed with COPD. She is on medicines and has been given lung tests that confirm COPD. Is there a cure?

Vitamin D Doesn't Help Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by diseases such as Bronchitis and Emphysema, where breathing becomes more difficult as the airways are inflamed, blocked with mucus and ultimately permanently damaged. The problem is usually caused by cigarette smoking, although exposure to industrial chemicals, pollutants or smoke inhalation may also be involved...

Vitamin D won't ease COPD symptoms: Study

Will supplements help vitamin D-deficient patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Study yields surprising results

Vitamin D doesn't ease lung disease symptoms: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study of people with moderate or severe lung disease, taking large amounts of vitamin D was not linked to any symptom relief, researchers from Belgium report. Prior research suggested that up to three quarters of people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are deficient in the vitamin. So it was thought that giving them extra vitamin D ...

Super Bowl Festivity Attendees Have Measles

Two people who visited the Super Bowl Village in downtown Indianapolis last Friday had measles, according to Indiana health officials, who alerted health departments around the country of the highly contagious virus.