Vitamin D Helps Kidney Patients

rwilson@etstan.com — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100

I recently stumbled across a 2008 study, done in part at the University of Washington, that found vitamin D administered to patients suffering from chronic kidney disease can actually reduce mortality rates by about 26 percent.

Instead of obtaining vitamin D through exposure to UV-B rays, a portion of the 1,418 patients in the study were administered calcitrol, an oral and activated vitamin D supplement. This was to ensure that vitamin D intake and levels could be carefully monitored [...]

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Vitamin D Helps Kidney Patients