Hyperparathyroidism

Among adults with hypothyroidism, 54.2% had a type D personality with high levels of negative feelings and social withdrawal, according to a recent study.

Upacicalcet, an injectable calcimimetic, may be an effective and safe therapy for adults with secondary hyperparathyroidism on hemodialysis, according to a recently published study.

Using lower parathyroid hormone targets to manage secondary hyperparathyroidism may lower mortality and CVD in patients on hemodialysis, a study found.

Parathyroidectomy had no significant impact on long-term kidney function among older adults with primary hyperparathyroidism, but if done early, it could preserve function in those aged younger than 60, according to researchers.

Adults with mild hyperparathyroidism who underwent a parathyroidectomy did not have a difference in fracture events at 10 years compared with adults who did not undergo surgery, according to study data.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with Bart L. Clarke, MD, about hypoparathyroid and hyperparathyroid guidelines expected to published as two documents in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research later this year.

Researchers found no difference in coronary artery calcification progression between patients with chronic kidney disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism who were randomized to either calcitriol or paricalcitol.

Parathyroidectomies in secondary hyperparathyroidism result in significantly higher costs and higher rates of morbidity, mortality and complications compared to primary hyperparathyroidism, according to a speaker at the virtual National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

Free 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels may provide a more accurate vitamin D status than total levels to distinguish normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism and secondary hyperparathyroidism, according to findings published in Endocrine Practice.

The Society for Endocrinology and the British Thyroid Association issued a joint statement urging caution when interpreting a recent study linking radioactive iodine therapy to cancer mortality among people with hyperthyroidism.