High levels of calcium are toxic to cells and contribute to loss of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease. A new JCI Insight study ...

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 ...

Learn how vitamin D and calcium work together to promote bone health. Vitamin D helps your body absorb and use calcium, which is essential for building strong bones.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In elderly people, higher levels of calcium in the blood are associated with poorer mental function and faster decline in cognitive ability, Dutch researchers have shown.

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Alex Yampolsky, PharmD Calcium carbonate can help treat low blood calcium levels and conditions like ...

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 ...

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 ...