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

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

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 ...

The liver, located in the upper right side of the abdomen, is the body’s largest organ and one of the most important. The liver performs hundreds of vital functions, including converting nutrients ...

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