As age increases, the pancreas changes, which increases the risk of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, digestive ...

When we think about protecting our health, we often think of the heart, brain, bones and gut. But not enough of us spare a ...

Decreasing pancreatic beta cell numbers -- the only cells that produce insulin -- is a leading cause of diabetes. In a promising development, a research group has revealed that stimulating autonomic ...

Northwestern University researchers have developed a thermoresponsive antioxidant biomaterial that they suggest may in the future be used to help improve the survival and function of islet cells in ...

Severe chronic pancreatitis is treated by removing the pancreas. Without a pancreas, patients also lose insulin-producing cells called islets. To preserve insulin responses, surgeons transplant islets ...

You can live without your pancreas; however, it does require you to take medications and make certain diet and lifestyle changes to adjust to life without a pancreas following surgery. The pancreas is ...

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most challenging cancers to detect early, contributing to its reputation as a silent disease with poor survival rates. The pancreas—a leaf-shaped organ tucked ...

At the military hospital in Zaporizhzhia, surgeons have been working around the clock to tend those wounded in the war - Copyright POOL/AFP Anthony Kwan At the ...