Clearly, a healthy vitamin D status is important to reduce mortality, but the best form of the vitamin for CKD and dialysis patients has yet to be determined. From the February 01, 2007 Issue of ...

Vitamin D has an important role in the health of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially with respect to its endocrine role in bone health in its most biologically active form ...

Vitamin D deficiency is almost universal among kidney disease patients who have low blood protein levels and who start dialysis during the winter, according to a new study. The research identifies ...

Vitamin D deficiency is almost universal among kidney disease patients who have low blood protein levels and who start dialysis during the winter, according to a study appearing in an upcoming ...

April 1, 2009 (Nashville, Tennessee) – Over-the-counter vitamin D supplementation improves serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis, without ...

Vitamin D injections are currently recommended only for dialysis patients with elevated levels of parathyroid hormone, but the report from a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-based research ...

Patients with chronic kidney disease and those who have had a kidney transplant should avoid high doses of vitamin D, according to an evidence-based consensus document. “Vitamin D deficiency is ...

"Many Americans are deficient in vitamin D due to limited sun exposure from indoor lifestyles, sunscreen use and our northern ...

Question. We need clarification as to whether vitamin D and calcium are required in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). I have an ESRD patient who has been on dialysis for about 6 months.

Vitamin D is the key to preventing rickets and osteoporosis, but Rockefeller University scientists suspect it may also play a role in heading off atherosclerosis in people with chronic kidney disease.

When waste builds up in your system because your kidneys aren’t filtering it out, it can start to mess with other parts of ...