A calcium blood test checks your calcium levels to monitor bone, kidney, and thyroid diseases. You may get one of two main types of calcium blood tests: total calcium and ionized calcium tests. Too ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 62-year-old white male who is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 205 pounds. I have diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I was recently diagnosed with “moderate to ...

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If calcium is elevated on a metabolic panel (usually done because the patient has hypertension or diabetes mellitus), I typically determine ionized calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. If the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a healthy female in my mid-70s. I’ve taken the recommended calcium citrate with vitamin D for years, until about three months ago, when test results showed I have slightly higher ...

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a critical condition with high mortality, particularly in patients with heart failure. Serum calcium levels play a crucial role in cardiac electrophysiology, but their ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a healthy female in my mid-70s. I’ve taken the recommended calcium citrate with vitamin D for years, until about three months ago, when test results showed I have slightly higher ...

A 53-year-old woman continued vitamin D supplements long after her prescribed course ended. The result was dangerously high calcium levels, kidney injury and calcification of her aorta ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major global health problem, with an estimated 697.5 million cases worldwide in 2017, representing a prevalence of 9.1% 1. In China, the prevalence of CKD among ...

Q: I am a 62-year-old white male who is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 205 pounds. I have diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I was recently diagnosed with “moderate to significant ...