Researchers are to give iron to people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – commonly caused by smoking – to see if it can improve the debilitating condition.
Read more (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust website)
New hope to tackle third biggest killer disease
Research
9 July 2015
A potential new way to treat one of the world’s most common lung diseases is to be investigated after a study found a link between sufferers’ iron levels and worse health outcomes.