New imaging research uses MRI to quantify pancreatic fat in children with obesity, linking higher fat content to elevated ...

This paper is No. 9 of a series of studies in metabolism from the Harvard Medical School and allied hospitals. The expenses of this investigation have been defrayed in part by a grant from the Proctor ...

Higher fat content in the pancreas of children and adolescents with obesity is associated with an increased level of heart ...

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 ...

Increased fat content in the pancreas in obese children and adolescents is associated with a number of cardiometabolic risks.

These tiny, encapsulated cells could act as a mini pancreas, potentially allowing those with diabetes to not need insulin ...