Researchers have discovered that parathyroid glands have a natural fluorescence that can be used during surgery to identify these tiny organs, which are hard to find with the naked eye. The ...

The Parathyroid Detection System. Credit: Zhang Yang Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a fluorescence-based noninvasive ...

"Proper identification of the thyroid and parathyroid glands during head and neck surgery is critical for avoiding accidental injury, but presents a significant challenge due to their small size and ...

HKUMed researchers find a significant association between PHPT and the risk of developing diabetes. Pictured (from right) are Dr Matrix Fung Man-him, Dr David Lui Tak-wai, Dr Liu Xiaodong, Professor ...

Surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid glands is most challenging, even to expert surgeons. These relatively small structures located in the neck are in contact with each other and share certain ...

Have you been diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism or an endocrine-related condition that needs surgery? The UAB Section of Endocrine Surgery is honored to serve and treat patients of Alabama and beyond ...

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 ...

Memorial Hospital is the first in the city to use a new technique called intra-operative PTH assay, which significantly improves outcomes for thyroid and parathyroid surgeries by helping surgeons ...

When 67-year-old Margaret Mulloy started feeling tired and anxious she put it down to her age. But a routine blood test revealed the Londoner had a problem with four tiny glands in her neck, which ...