Parathyroid hormone (PTH) replacement therapy is superior to conventional treatment at lowering blood phosphate levels and the need for calcium…
Articles by Marta Figueiredo, PhD
Children successfully treated for a cancer who undergo thyroid surgery for a secondary thyroid disease have a similar risk of…
Severe COVID-19 could lead to the development of temporary hypoparathyroidism, a case report suggests. This report represents the third…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected Takeda Pharmaceutical’s proposed changes to address the risk of rubber…
Daily injections of TransCon PTHÂ can safely and effectively normalize calcium levels in the blood and urine and eliminate the…
Starting immunosuppressive treatment early in the disease course normalized some signs of autoimmunity, halted the development of additional autoimmune diseases,…
Twice-daily treatment with Forsteo (teriparatide) — a synthetic parathyroid hormone fragment sold as Forteo in the U.S. — safely…
A routine procedure called PGA — for parathyroid gland autotransplantation — often done following surgery to remove the thyroid gland,…
Some mutations in non-coding regions of the calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) gene change the function of the resulting protein and are…
Calcium deposits — known as calcifications — in the kidneys and higher-than-normal levels of calcium in urine are common in…