Men with high-normal levels of calcium in their blood may have an increased risk for developing fatal prostate cancer, early research suggests. Men in the study with high-normal levels had a threefold ...

If your doctor tells you that you have hypercalcemia, it means you have too much calcium in your blood. The possible causes of high calcium levels include more than 25 diseases, as well as some ...

You probably know many of your important health numbers such as weight, cholesterol and blood pressure. But you may want to add one more: calcium level. Calcium is a mineral that's important in ...

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 ...

Epidemiologic and preclinical data suggest that higher intake and serum levels of vitamin D and higher intake of calcium reduce the risk of colorectal neoplasia. To further study the chemopreventive ...

Low-dose zoledronic acid appeared safe among older patients with hip fracture and advanced chronic kidney disease.

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 ...

For the first time, using a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, scientists have documented a link between raised levels of calcium in mitochondria and neuronal death in the living brain. This ...

An investigational drug, encaleret, restored calcium levels in people with autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1 (ADH1), a rare genetic disorder marked by an imbalance of calcium in the blood and ...