“Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past/ You must fight just to keep them alive.” — “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor Not long ago, I was by the pool, staring at a blank screen and wondering what to write for my next column. I put on…

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear.” — Mark Twain Imagine waking up each morning not knowing how you will feel that day. Welcome to my life with hypoparathyroidism! Following my diagnosis, I was lucky to have a husband who took care…

Women with hypoparathyroidism persisting beyond one year after surgery to remove the thyroid have more calcium deposits in their breast arteries, which may indicate a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study from Turkey. However, because no cardiovascular data were available, these calcifications should be viewed “as…