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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. From the Parathyroid Peeps site. To round out some of the reader ...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 is a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors in the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) is one of several types of ...

Intraplaque Hemorrhage Prevalent in Type 2 Diabetes In a study, ioPTH decay at 30 minutes post-excision was highly accurate in predicting persistent SHPT. Intra-operative monitoring of parathyroid ...

Intraplaque Hemorrhage Prevalent in Type 2 Diabetes Iranian study of hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism finds no significant correlation. Total weight of parathyroid glands and ...

A common cause of bone loss is an overactive parathyroid gland, which doctors usually treat with surgery. New research on how excess parathyroid hormone affects immune cells suggests that doctors ...

However, despite suggestions that such secondarily stimulated hyperparathyroidism may become autonomous 12–14 convincing data regarding such a possibility are not available, owing to the great excess ...

THIS report concerns 2 male sibs with hypercalcemia caused by neonatal familial primary hyperparathyroidism. In the literature there are only a few reports of familial hyperparathyroidism. 1,2 These ...

Unlike most people writing reflections on the late Garry Shandling, I had no personal or professional connection to him. Of course I thought he was funny, in a pioneering cringe-inducing way. And like ...