Vitamin D deficiency common in patients with lung disease
A new study from Korea has uncovered a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as a significant relationship between vitamin…
April 23, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: copd, high-prevalence, korea, new-study, nutritional counseling, on call diets, pulmonary-disease
Nutrition treatment in hospitalized patients with COPD improved health outcomes
People aged 65 and older, who were being treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the hospital and received nutrition treatment (oral nutrition supplements) had reduced lengths of…
November 20, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: being-treated, copd, diet, hospital, nutrition, nutrition-treatment, nutritional counseling, oral-nutrition, pulmonary-disease, the-hospital
Drinking Large Amounts Of Soft Drinks Associated With Asthma And COPD
A new study published in the journal Respirology reveals that a high level of soft drink consumption is associated with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)…
February 9, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chronic-obstructive, copd, journal, new-study, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, pulmonary-disease, respiratory / asthma, respirology, soft-drink, the-journal
Gene Variant Linked With Development Of COPD In Men
Researchers have linked a variant in the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) with the onset of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Caucasian men. The study population consisted of participants in the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study, a multidisciplinary study of aging that began in 1963.
May 16, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: ats, caucasian, copd, international, normative, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, pulmonary-disease, receptor-gene, vdr, veterans, vitamin
Experimental Treatment For COPD In Development
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a non-steroid based strategy for improving the lung’s innate immune defense and decreasing inflammation that can be a problem for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)…
April 14, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: based-strategy, bloomberg-school, copd, decreasing-inflammation, innate-immune, johns, johns-hopkins, lung, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, public, public-health, pulmonary-disease