Parathyroid disorders (also known as parathyroid disease) are endocrine disorders that affect your hormones. Your hormones manage many body processes such as your metabolism, your development, and ...

But did you know you also have a parathyroid gland? It's true -- in fact, most people have four of them, even though one would suffice. From the name, you might assume the role of the parathyroid ...

Even better is reducing the calcium intake by 5% at dinner and upping the breakfast intake by 5%, which decreases ...

This medication is a man-made form of parathyroid hormone, a natural substance made in your body by the parathyroid glands. Parathyroid hormone helps to regulate and maintain the balance of ...

Scarless transoral thyroidectomy or transoral vestibular approach (TOVA) allows for the safe and total removal of the thyroid or parathyroid glands with absolutely no external scarring to the neck. Of ...

According to Medical News Today, hypoparathyroidism occurs when an individual’s parathyroid glands do not produce enough ...

The Thyroid & Parathyroid Center at Baylor Medicine is a world-class medical facility in Houston, TX, where patients can be seen simultaneously by a surgeon and endocrinologist for treatment of both ...

Whitfield JF, Morley P, Willick GE. The Parathyroid Hormones: Bone-Forming Agents for Treatment of Osteoporosis. MedGenMed 2(4), 2000. [formerly published in Medscape Women's Health eJournal 5(5 ...

Refer a Patient to the Thyroid & Parathyroid Clinic You will need a provider referral to schedule an appointment at the Thyroid & Parathyroid Clinic. Referring providers may call 801-581-7761. Recent ...

New research suggests that the time of day at which a person consumes calcium may influence whether their cardiovascular risk ...

Developments during this period have included the following: purification of bovine parathyroid hormone (PTH) and partial characterization of the molecular features essential for its biologic ...