Calcitonin (CT), a polypeptide hormone, plays important roles in a variety of physiological processes. CT has been used clinically to treat osteoporosis and humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. In ...

As CGRP-targeted therapies move into wider use, new data are beginning to clarify their role in special populations, the value of switching agents when one fails, and their long-term vascular safety.

In X-linked hypophosphatemia, phosphate wasting results from increased circulating levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23). 1 Administration of calcitonin to a patient with oncogenic ...

—A better understanding of migraine pathophysiology highlights the functions of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), which has a critical role in the central and peripheral pathways leading to ...

Calcitonin, which is also known as thyrocalcitonin, is a protein hormone that, in humans and other mammals, is mainly secreted by the parafollicular cells (C cells) of the thyroid gland. Image Credit: ...

London, UK: A recent study published in the journal Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society, reported an intriguing discovery. The study, entitled “Investigation of ...