by European Respiratory Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with low levels of vitamin K in their blood are more likely to have poor lung function and to say they suffer with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and wheezing, according to a study published in ERJ Open Research. Vitamin K is found in leafy green...
by Bill Hathaway, Yale University Credit: Michael S. Helfenbein The primary function of the lung is to facilitate transfer of oxygen to the blood stream. Crucial to this lifegiving task are endothelial cells, which line blood vessels permeating the lung and through which gas exchange occurs. Malfunction of these cells is implicated in a range of...
