A direct connection exists between the pancreas and diabetes. The pancreas is an organ deep in your abdomen behind your stomach. It’s an important part of your digestive system. The pancreas ...

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. Acute pancreatitis occurs when symptoms appear suddenly. These may include pain in the upper left abdomen that spreads to the back, fever, nausea ...

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Diabetes is a metabolic disorder caused by dysfunction in the pancreas, the organ responsible for regulating blood sugar levels. Within the pancreas, islet cells secrete insulin to lower blood sugar.

More than 67,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. Learn more about the disease and how PanCAN can help.

If the mice received antibiotics during a 10-day window shortly after birth, they developed fewer beta cells—insulin-producing cells in the pancreas that regulate blood sugar. The antibiotic ...

With the MR-LINAC system, clinicians are able to conduct a detailed image set each day of the patient’s treatment and then customize the radiation in a process called adaptive treatment planning. This ...

It's lined with mucous and helps regulate pressure around the eardrum so that sound waves can be transferred. Ears can vary, so what's considered normal anatomy of the inner or outer ear in one person ...

Using advanced microscopy and imaging techniques, scientists have revealed new parts of the human body and overturned previous misconceptions.