The Structures of Life in PDF Chapter 4: Structure-Based Drug Design: From the Computer to the Clinic In 1981, doctors recognized a strange new disease in the United States. The first handful of patients suffered from unusual cancers and pneumonias.
A recent randomized controlled trial found that vitamin K supplementation in conjunction to vitamin D supplementation reduced the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) significantly more so than supplementing with vitamin D alone.
Diseases of the adrenal gland (such as Addison's disease, that causes a decreased aldosterone secretion) lead to a decrease in kidney excretion of potassium resulting in hyperkalemia. Examples of medications that may lead to elevated potassium levels include: 1  nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, 2  ACE inhibitors,