June 7, 2015
Friday, the University of Wisconsin “The Bare Bones of Osteoporosis Care” Symposium had a lot of practical information. This included: John Belizekian, MD summarized the latest research on HyperParathyroidism. While most...
March 29, 2015
Several patients have called us in panic because their friends told them that HyperParathyroidism means Surgery. We reassured them that Surgery is almost never needed in HyperParathyroidism. But we do...
February 6, 2014
Primary HyperParaThyroidism is the result of one of the 4 Parathyroid glands going completely out of control. It grows in size and puts out increasing amounts of Parathyroid hormone. This...
January 30, 2014
Tertiary HyperParaThyroidism is becoming common among older individuals. Or maybe we are just beginning to notice what it really is. The blood tests are the same as Primary HyperParaThyroidism – high...
January 17, 2014
High ParaThyroid Hormone (PTH) levels take Calcium out of your Bones. This is good as an occasional event to cover short periods of low calcium intake. Bones store calcium for...
October 14, 2013
We have “known” for years that 25-hydroxy Vitamin D levels over 50ng/ml are “too high” (hypervitaminosis D) and often cause high Calcium levels (hypercalcemia). The Mayo Clinic designed a...