Dr. Anju Goel, MD, MPH, is a public health consultant and physician with more than 10 years of experience in the California public health system. The pancreas is an organ that makes enzymes for ...

Your pancreas sits behind your stomach. It produces enzymes and hormones that help you digest food and that regulate blood sugar. (Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Your pancreas is shaped like an ...

Your pancreas is an organ that’s part of both the digestive system and the endocrine system. The digestive system, which breaks down food into tiny components that are then absorbed into the body, is ...

The pancreas is a gland organ in the abdomen. It forms part of the digestive system. It produces insulin and secretes fluid that helps break down food. Problems with the pancreas can lead to diabetes, ...

Comedian Andy Dick, 59, was reportedly found unconscious and unresponsive in downtown Los Angeles, according to bystanders who alerted emergency services.

You can live without your pancreas, but you’ll have to take medicines to replace what it does in your body. Thanks to new medicines, life expectancy after pancreas removal surgery is rising. Your ...