Obesity caused by a high-fat Western diet damages the pancreas, affecting insulin production and blood sugar control even ...

Several major blood vessels supply blood to your pancreas and other organs in your belly, including the superior mesenteric artery, the superior mesenteric vein, the portal vein, and the celiac axis.

The distinct population of endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the insulin-producing "islets" of the human pancreas have been notoriously difficult to study, but Weill Cornell Medicine ...

What you eat plays a crucial role in your overall health. The importance of a well-balanced and nutritious diet cannot be ...

Long-term Western diet impairs islet blood vessel function and insulin transport even after diet reversal and weight loss, ...

Transplanting insulin-producing cells along with engineered blood-vessel-forming cells has successfully reversed type 1 diabetes in a new preclinical study. With further testing, the novel ...

The tumor may have expanded into nearby major blood vessels or nerves, but has not metastasized to distant sites. Stage IV: Confirmed spread. Pancreatic cancer has spread to distant organs.

The pancreas, a gland situated behind the stomach, produces digestive enzymes that break down food and secretes hormones like insulin to regulate blood sugar. The exact cause of pancreatic cancer ...