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.
Chronic kidney disease is defined as kidney disease that has been present for months to years. Chronic renal disease (CRD), chronic renal failure (CRF), and chronic renal insufficiency refer to the same condition. CKD is not a single disease. There are many different causes of CKD but by the time the animal shows signs of kidney disease the cause may no longer be apparent. Often the cause of CKD is unknown.