What Does My TSH Mean? A Doctor’s Plain-English Guide
Your TSH number is the most important thyroid lab you will see. It is also the most misunderstood. Most patients are told their TSH is…
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Bethesda 5 Thyroid Biopsy: Suspicious for Malignancy Explained
A Bethesda 5 result means your biopsy is suspicious for cancer, but not yet definitive. The malignancy risk is roughly 60 to 75%.
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Bethesda 6: Malignant biopsy result and what comes next
A Bethesda 6 result confirms thyroid cancer with a probability greater than 97%. This is a frightening result to read on a piece of paper.
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Choosing the Right Surgeon for Parathyroid Surgery: Why It Matters More Than You Think
Parathyroid surgery has a cure rate of 95 to 99%, but those numbers are not equal across all surgeons.
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The Symptoms of Hyperparathyroidism: Why You Feel Terrible and Don’t Know Why
Chronic fatigue. Brain fog. Bone pain. Kidney stones. Poor sleep. Depression. These are the symptoms of hyperparathyroidism, and they are…
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Hypoparathyroidism: Living With Low Calcium Levels
Hypoparathyroidism is the opposite of hyperparathyroidism. Instead of too much parathyroid hormone, there is too little.
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Minimally Invasive Parathyroid Surgery: The Modern Approach
Parathyroid surgery has evolved substantially over the past two decades. Where the traditional operation required a large neck incision,…
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Parathyroid Adenoma: The Most Common Cause of Hyperparathyroidism
In roughly 85% of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, the cause is a single small benign tumor growing on one of the four…
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Parathyroid Surgery: What to Expect Before, During, and After
Parathyroid surgery has a cure rate exceeding 95% and most patients go home the same day. For a disease that affects quality of life as…
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