
July is Parathyroid Awareness Month!
Now is the time to have your calcium checked if you have not already done so. High calcium is bad for many reasons, and a common cause is hyperparathyroidism. Hyperparathyroidism is usually caused by the enlargement of one of our normal 4 parathyroid glands, into an “adenoma”. This releases excessive PTH (parathyroid hormone) into the