ELSEVIER's new global medical knowledge, The The Lancet, recently published a review article led by Dr. Adrian martino, pointing out that taking D (vitamin D) in addition to asthma drugs may reduce the risk of severe asthma attack. According to scientists' research data, taking vitamin D can significantly reduce the probability of asthma patients having a serious attack and going to the hospital or emergency department, from 6% to 3%. The number of asthma attacks requiring steroid treatment decreased from 0.44 to 0.28 per person per year. However, according to the data, vitamin D supplementation did not improve patients' lung function or daily asthma symptoms. The authors say it is not clear whether vitamin D supplementation will actually only benefit asthma patients with vitamin D deficiency. Therefore, more research data are needed to support and demonstrate before the official suggestions are given. This article is from Elsevier's New Knowledge of Global Medicine. Source: Vitamin D' significantly reduces seven asthma attacks 'BBC/News/Health-37275232 Research published in thelancet/, Volume 3, The 8th issue/Journals/LANRES/Article/PIIS 2213-2600 (15) 00284-2/Full Text Elsevier was established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 1880, and it is a leading publisher of medical, scientific and technical information products and publishing services in the world. Through cooperation with scientific and medical institutions around the world, Elsevier publishes more than 1800 periodicals and 2,200 new books every year, as well as a series of innovative electronic databases.