Type 1 diabetics, who do not produce the hormone insulin, must be vigilant about their blood glucose (sugar) levels. Chronic high blood sugar, which results from too little insulin, can lead to nerve ...

Symptoms to look out for include severe pain in the stomach and back which does not go away.

A Mayo Clinic study is providing new insights into how treatment sequence can affect survival in patients with early-stage pancreatic cancer, suggesting that many patients may benefit from receiving ...

Moving gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel to every-other-week dosing decreases infusion visits and may lessen cumulative toxicity, ...

Developed under the direction of Assistant Professor Shady Farah of the Technion's Faculty of Chemical Engineering, and carried out with colleagues from MIT, Harvard University, Johns ...

Adult mammalian organs are intricate in design and, in cellular terms, huge. Billions of cells, often comprising dozens of specialized cell types, must come together as one seamless anatomical and ...

The pancreas performs vital functions in your body. It helps in digestion and creates insulin to maintain your blood sugar. Certain conditions and lifestyle choices can damage the pancreas and lead to ...

Diabetes is on the rise worldwide. It is a permanent condition that requires care over a life time. To help manage it, an artificial pancreas system, which automatically measures blood sugar levels to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first automated insulin delivery system -- a so-called “artificial pancreas” -- for people with type 1 diabetes. “This first-of-its-kind ...