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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 62-year-old white male who is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 205 pounds. I have diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I was recently diagnosed with “moderate to ...

Disordered calcium and phosphorus metabolism has long been identified as a risk factor for mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease . This analysis of the ...

When you think of calcium in relation to your health, you likely think of increasing your dairy intake for your bones and muscles and perhaps not much beyond that. But how do you actually know the ...

Secondary hyperparathyroidism is a complex endocrine condition characterized by excess circulating parathyroid hormone (PTH) resulting from an underlying condition, most commonly chronic kidney ...

- 80% of post-surgical hypoparathyroidism participants achieved concomitant blood and 24-hour urine calcium in the normal reference range within 5 days of encaleret treatment initiation compared to 0% ...

People can use methods such as dietary changes, supplements, diuretics, and hormone replacement to manage low parathyroid hormone levels. Hypoparathyroidism is a rare condition in which the ...

Long-term treatment with TransCon parathyroid hormone (PTH), a replacement therapy for hypoparathyroidism, demonstrates sustained efficacy and safety in patients with hypoparathyroidism over 52 weeks, ...