A new study jointly led by the School of Clinical Medicine at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has found that surgical removal of the diseased parathyroid ...

The parathyroid glands are four tiny glands that, like the thyroid, are in the neck but closer to the spine. They make parathyroid hormone (PTH), which regulates levels of calcium and other minerals ...

SEATTLE -- Parathyroidectomy helped reverse disrupted levels of inflammatory cytokines and vitamin D metabolites in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), a researcher suggested here. After ...

HKUMed researchers find a significant association between PHPT and the risk of developing diabetes. Pictured (from right) are Dr Matrix Fung Man-him, Dr David Lui Tak-wai, Dr Liu Xiaodong, Professor ...

Incidence of new-onset depression was no lower for adults with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) treated with early parathyroidectomy compared with nonoperative management, observational Veterans ...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of two devices that provide real-time location of parathyroid tissue during surgical procedures such as thyroidectomy (surgery to ...

(Toronto, Dec. 5, 2022) – The Ajmera Transplant Centre at University Health Network (UHN) has performed a groundbreaking parathyroid transplant, in a patient who suffered from a severe form of ...

India, May 31 -- Parathyroid problems masquerade as common problems of many other organs, misleading many medical specialists. The parathyroid glands are endocrine organs that secrete the parathyroid ...

The fibre-optic probe of the PTeye system is placed onto tissue suspected to be parathyroid (A). A baseline for thyroid NIR autofluorescence is established (B). Tissue is identified as positive (C) or ...

Dawn Ethier, a police officer in Ottawa, Canada, recalls how her life revolved around managing her 100-pill-a-day regimen. Her symptoms began 3 weeks after her thyroid surgery, but it took another 4 ...