Vitamin D supplements can reduce the risk of potentially fatal lung attacks in some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suggests a new study. COPD is a group of lung diseases including emphysema and chronic bronchitis that causes airflow blockage making it harder to breathe. The study showed that the oral use of vitamin D supplements led to a 45 per cent reduction in lung attacks among COPD patients who were deficient in vitamin D. Vitamin D supplementation is safe and it costs just a few pence to supplement a person for a year so this is a potentially
