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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 ...

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 ...

Drinks high in calcium include cow’s milk, fortified plant-based milks, fortified orange juice, instant breakfast drinks, and ...

As kids, we would often listen to our mothers advising us to have a glass of milk every day for strong bones. But is that all that you need to keep your calcium levels up? Calcium levels not only ...

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 ...