NEW YORK (CBS 2) -- Asthma affects more than 23 million people in the United States, and while the condition is treatable, it still causes 4,000 deaths every year. CBS 2HD's Dr. Max Gomez report there ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD Key Takeaways Vitamin D helps strengthen the immune system and is found in foods like ...

Taking oral vitamin D supplements in addition to standard asthma medication could halve the risk of asthma attacks requiring hospital attendance, according to new research. Taking oral vitamin D ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthma sufferers who received vitamin D supplements for six months, in addition to their regular inhalers, could breathe a little easier than those who relied only on the ...

Vitamin D supplementation reduced the rate of asthma exacerbations requiring treatment with systemic corticosteroids, as well as exacerbations requiring hospitalizations, according to findings ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The original review was prompted by positive findings of several randomized controlled trials of vitamin D to ...

In contrast to a previous review, taking vitamin D supplements does not reduce risk of asthma attacks, according to new research. Researchers found no significant difference in the number of people ...

(Reuters Health) - Asthma attacks serious enough to require steroid treatment or hospitalization may be less likely when people take vitamin D supplements, a recent analysis suggests. Researchers ...

Findings from a new study in JAMA do not support the use of vitamin D3 supplementation to prevent severe asthma exacerbations in children with persistent asthma. While past observational studies have ...

Vitamin D supplements don't prevent severe asthma attacks in at-risk children, according to a study that challenges previous research. "The reason that's important is there are colleagues around this ...

PITTSBURGH — A federally funded, University of Pittsburgh research project, testing whether children with asthma attacks benefit from high doses of vitamin D, will be altered following complaints from ...

Contrary to earlier results, vitamin D supplements do not prevent severe asthma attacks in at-risk children, according to the first placebo-controlled clinical trial to test this relationship. These ...