The Snake in the Garden. Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. Step by step the second chapter of Genesis has been preparing the reader for the third chapter, but coming to it for the first time we find we are still unprepared. We have been told that God made everything good.
Vitamin D Treatment in Chronic Kidney Disease. Two nonmutually exclusive vitamin D treatment strategies for CKD patients are the correction of vitamin D substrate insufficiency using nonactivated vitamin D products (cholecalciferol, ergocalciferol) and direct activated vitamin D therapy using calcitriol or an analogue.
New research published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition has found that use of vitamin D supplements in patients with chronic kidney disease has increased four-fold in recent years. Twenty six million American adults have chronic kidney disease, while millions more are at risk for developing it. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is loss of kidney function, and it progresses over time. As the disease progresses, waste can build to high levels in your blood to make you feel sick.