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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with coexisting primary hyperparathyroidism and renal disease, parathyroidectomy stopped the ...

Dear Doctor: When does a person require parathyroid surgery? I’ve heard it discussed, but don’t know much about it. Dear Reader: As their name implies, the parathyroid glands are located next to the ...

Looking at over 43,000 patients with PHPT, there was no difference in the risk for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline between patients managed surgically with early parathyroidectomy ...

European experts in endocrinology met recently to discuss the unmet scientific and educational needs in parathyroid diseases. European experts in endocrinology met recently to discuss the unmet ...

You’ve probably read about calcium and vitamin D in the news, where headlines highlight the need for these crucial nutrients — and the fact that most of us don’t get enough of them. What doesn’t make ...

Pallavi Iyer, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, and Herb Chen, M.D., Chair of the UAB Department of Surgery, are co-editors of a book dedicated to the ...

BOSTON – For some patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, parathyroidectomy may be the cure. In a new study, nearly all patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) who had a preexisting diagnosis of ...

You are at the center of everything we do at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Here, we surround you with a team of specialists from the Fred Hutch Endocrine Tumor Clinic and UW Medical Center Endocrine ...

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center treats the full range of cancers that can affect endocrine glands, including your parathyroid glands. Our endocrine tumor experts are UW Medicine physicians who also see ...

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 ...