The parathyroid glands are four small glands located in the neck. They regulate the amount of calcium in the blood. If the glands are over-functioning, an individual may need surgery to remove one or ...

Considerable advances have been made in the understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). These include the discovery that ...

Deletion of the ‘glial cells missing-2’ gene in mice disrupts development of the parathyroid glands but does not eliminate production of parathyroid hormone (PTH), which is required for calcium ...

The endocrine system comprises glands and tissues that produce hormones to regulate and coordinate vital bodily functions. This article, the third in an eight-part series on the endocrine system, ...

Patient-derived parathyroid organoids (PTOs) could pave the way for future physiology studies and drug-screening applications, as shown in a study published on October 27 in the journal Stem Cell ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 73-year-old woman from Antigua presented for a routine initial visit with a new primary care physician. Her ...

In older adults with primary hyperparathyroidism, parathyroidectomy procedure didn’t have any effect on kidney function. The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. // Primary ...

A UNIQUE functioning tumor of the parathyroid gland was found in a forty-one-year-old man with clinical hyperparathyroidism. It was composed of a blend of fibrofatty lobules and trabeculae and sheets ...