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COPD consists of multiple lung infections and is considered incurable by most physicians. Can timely diagnosis, on the bright side, slow down its progress?

COPD consists of multiple lung infections and is considered incurable by most physicians. Can timely diagnosis, on the bright side, slow down its progress?

Vitamin D is an important immunomodulator.  Vitamin D shown to have benefit in Th1 and Th2 mediated disease states. Asthma and COPD benefit and other Th1 mediated diseases, such as MS, type 1 Diabetes, RA...

NAC reduced COPD exacerbation and hospitalization versus placebo.  The dosing and the duration of this study was low and short respectively. 

For most women, the practice of pre-menopausal, preventative removal of ovaries should be no more.  Evidence does not support a reduction in ovarian cancer; but, it does support an increased risk of depression, hyper lipidemia, cardiac arrhythmia, CAD, arthritis, asthma, COPD, and asthma.

Quercetin reduced LPS stimulated inflammation in mouse COPD lung model.

"The effects of developmental programming can be induced by the intrauterine environment (cigarette smoke, nutrition, and stress) which not only affect the fetus (F1) but also the germ line of the fetus (F2), leading to so-called intergenerational epigenetic effects. When developmental programming is transmitted across generations beyond F3, it is considered to be transgenerational and can not be explained by direct environmental exposure anymore."