donohue M.D. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My wife has been tested and found to have high levels of parathyroid ... People under 50 are advised to have surgery to remove the overactive gland.

Thyroid cancer is a disease in which cancerous cells form in the tissues of the thyroid gland. Huntsman Cancer Institute ... removes cell or tissue samples so they can be viewed under a microscope to ...

Through these incisions, small laparoscopic instruments (about the diameter of the pen) are passed under the skin and down to the thyroid or parathyroid. Standard laparoscopic techniques are then used ...

THE essential hormone of the parathyroid ... fresh glands of the ox (J. Biol. Chem., 1925, 63, 395). Potent extracts have been prepared by first submitting the glands to acid hydrolysis under ...

India, May 31 -- Parathyroid problems masquerade as common problems of many other organs, misleading many medical specialists. The parathyroid glands are ... of bones under the body weight ...

A common cause of bone loss is an overactive parathyroid gland, which doctors usually treat ... and antibodies that block the inflammatory molecule IL-17A, under development for the skin disease ...

J.D. Dear J.D.: The parathyroid gland controls many aspects of calcium ... Dear Dr. Roach: I have been told to keep my total cholesterol under 200. Without taking a statin drug, my total ...

Hypoparathyroidism is a rare condition that occurs when the parathyroid glands in the neck don’t ... Still, most people can keep their symptoms under control with proper long-term treatment.

1 Endocrine organs such as the adrenal cortex, ovaries, and parathyroid glands are typically affected ... and were then analyzed on a confocal microscope (LSM 510, Zeiss). To verify the ...

Under general anaesthesia, a number of ports are placed in the intercostal spaces for the thoracoscope and instruments. One lung may be deflated to aid visualisation. The ectopic parathyroid gland is ...

A common cause of bone loss is an overactive parathyroid gland, which doctors usually treat ... and antibodies that block the inflammatory molecule IL-17A, under development for the skin disease ...