UAB Department of Surgery Fay Fletcher Kerner Chair Herbert Chen, M.D., has been featured by UAB MedCast to explain the signs, symptoms, and potential complications of parathyroid disease. Chen ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Doctors are raising awareness about a disease that often comes with vague symptoms. Parathyroid disease is diagnosed in hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. The disorder ...

TAMPA (BLOOM) – Parathyroid disease is a common and very detrimental disease, yet no one has heard of it. Jim Norman, MD, FACS, FACE with the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery joins Gayle Guyardo the ...

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 ...

Genetic disorders of the parathyroid gland predominantly arise from mutations or epigenetic alterations at the GNAS locus, which encodes the stimulatory G protein α-subunit (Gsα) and related ...

Pharmacological therapy for the management of hypoparathyroidism (hypoPT) can be supplemented by non-pharmacological intervention, primarily alterations to diet to increase intake of foods rich in ...

Because symptoms often develop slowly, patients may spend years experiencing fatigue, joint pain, memory issues, anxiety, depression, insomnia, kidney stones, or unexplained bone loss before receiving ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About 75% of cases are the result of damage to parathyroid glands during neck surgery. The other 25% of cases ...

Parathyroid cancer is a very rare type of cancer that starts in the parathyroid gland. It can cause hyperparathyroidism, which can result in high calcium levels in the blood. The most common treatment ...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) is a group of rare genetic conditions that increase the risk of certain tumors in your glands. Parathyroid, thyroid, adrenal glands, and digestive tract tumors are ...