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, ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Parathyroid gland metastases are frequently overlooked and generally indicate a poor prognosis, according to ...

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 ...

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) show that it is possible to generate functional parathyroid glands using mouse embryonic stem cells using blastocyst complementation Tokyo, ...

Primary hyperparathyroidism occurs when one or more of the parathyroid glands overproduce the parathyroid hormone (PTH), which causes calcium to be pulled from the bones and intestinal track and ...

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 ...

An investigational drug, encaleret, restored calcium levels in people with autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1 (ADH1), a rare genetic disorder marked by an imbalance of calcium in the blood and ...