Parathyroid Education on Video
High blood calcium, hyperparathyroidism, parathyroid gland problems, low vitamin D, and parathyroid surgery! Everything you want to know about parathyroid disease on VIDEO.
Featured Flicks are 3-10 minute videos with detailed information on many parathyroid subjects. Enjoy!
What Is Hyperparathyroidism?
Learn about parathyroid glands and what happens when they become tumors and which symptoms are because you have too much calcium in your blood.
Parathyroid Tumors And Sestamibi Scans: How to Read The Scan
Learn what Sestamibi scans should and should NOT be used for and why you don’t need a scan until day of surgery.
Tour of Parathyroid Center at Tampa General Hospital
Dr. Norman gives parathyroid patients a tour of the new Parathyroid Palace! We’ll show you how to get there, where to park, and let you see inside this beautiful center where thousands of parathyroid operations occur annually.
Parathyroid Sestamibi Scan Review
Dr. Norman explains sestamibi scans and why they are often negative. Sestamibi scans are usually wrong and far too much emphasis is placed on sestamibi scans!
Hyperparathyroidism: Three Most Commonly Asked Questions
Parathyroid Disease and the three most commonly asked questions.
Hyperplasia is Rare: Parathyroid Disease confusion in diagnosis
Dr James Norman from the Norman Parathyroid Center speaks with a group of endocrinologists during and AACE meeting. You will learn the three (3) causes of secondary hyperparathyroidism are renal failure, Gastric bypass, and celiac disease and that there are no causes of secondary hyperparathyroidism
Part III : NIH Criteria Evaluation and Discussion
Dr. Politz from the Norman Parathyroid Center and Tampa General Hospital, talks about where the NIH guidelines came from and why, the percentages of people with parathyroid tumors that are outside some of these guidelines, and how endocrinologists can be proactive with this disease. Part
Low Vitamin D Does NOT Cause High Calcium
Dr James Norman from the Norman Parathyroid Center speaks with a group of endocrinologists during and AACE meeting. You will learn that almost all patients with primary hyperparathyroidism have low vitamin D and then after the parathyroid tumor is removed the vitamin D goes back
Part II: Hyperparathyroidism: NIH Criteria and High Calcium Levels
High calcium and Hyperparathyroidism with NIH Criteria. Dr. Politz from the Norman Parathyroid Center presents a discussion on NIH criteria for diagnosing hyperparathyroidism to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
What Is Calcium And Why Is It So Important?
Learn how Calcium is affected by parathyroid glands and how parathyroid glands are the control system for the levels of calcium in your body.