Dear Dr. Roach: After dealing with hyperparathyroidism for over a decade, I became an administrator of a support group for the disease. Many of our members have difficulties getting a diagnosis and a ...

If calcium is elevated on a metabolic panel (usually done because the patient has hypertension or diabetes mellitus), I typically determine ionized calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. If the ...

SEATTLE -- Parathyroidectomy helped reverse disrupted levels of inflammatory cytokines and vitamin D metabolites in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), a researcher suggested here. After ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most adults with hypoparathyroidism no longer need vitamin D or calcium supplementation with palopegteriparatide ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: A friend has been diagnosed with high blood calcium, and when I googled it, the results concerned me. Can you give information on this and how to discuss it with the doctor? I want to ...

Your parathyroid glands are four tiny glands located at the four corners of your thyroid gland. They are about the size of a pea and produce hormones to regulate the calcium levels in your blood and ...

Q: I had routine blood work done at my annual checkup. The calcium level was just above the top of the normal range. The rest ...

A pair of clinical guidelines on hypo- and hyperparathyroidism, respectively, had a coming-out party at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research's (ASBMR) annual meeting on Sunday, allowing ...