New Hope for Treating Dangerously High Calcium Before Surgery
When the parathyroid glands go haywire, calcium levels in the blood can spike to dangerous levels—a medical emergency. Doctors need to stabilize patients …
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Skin Cream for Psoriasis May Interact With Blood Pressure Pills
Researchers in Japan discovered that vitamin D creams used to treat psoriasis might cause problems when taken together with certain blood pressure medications. …
Read MoreWhen a Baby's Thyroid Goes Into Overdrive: A Rare Case
Doctors discovered something unusual in a 3-week-old baby boy: he had too much calcium in his blood, which turned out to be caused by an overactive thyroid …
Read MoreToo Much Milk Can Cause Serious Problems in TB Patients
Doctors discovered that a patient with tuberculosis developed dangerously high calcium levels in his blood, which caused bone pain and confusion. After testing …
Read MoreWhy a Cancer Survivor Had Dangerously High Calcium Levels
A 60-year-old man who survived nasopharyngeal cancer developed dangerously high calcium levels in his blood multiple times. Doctors initially thought his …
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