Your parathyroid glands are four tiny glands located at the four corners of your thyroid gland. They are about the size of a pea and produce hormones to regulate the calcium levels in your blood and ...

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) have been working together to improve the quality of diagnostic ultrasound and ...

The parathyroid glands are four small glands located in the neck. They regulate the amount of calcium in the blood. If the glands are over-functioning, an individual may need surgery to remove one or ...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) is a rare hereditary disorder that affects the endocrine glands. Doctors mainly associate MEN2 with tumors of the adrenal gland, the thyroid, and the ...

Dawn Ethier, a police officer in Ottawa, Canada, recalls how her life revolved around managing her 100-pill-a-day regimen. Her symptoms began 3 weeks after her thyroid surgery, but it took another 4 ...