A calcium blood test checks your calcium levels to monitor bone, kidney, and thyroid diseases. You may get one of two main ...

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: A friend has been diagnosed with high blood calcium, and when I googled it, the results concerned me. Can you give information on this and how to discuss it with the doctor? I want to ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Urinary factors and kidney stone formation were mostly ...

So if some calcium is good, more must be better, right? Not so fast. It is possible to have too much of a good thing.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...