The pancreas: Gland of many talents, source of many woes

International Herald Tribune | September 17, 2009| | Copyright

NATALIE ANGIER
International Herald Tribune
09-17-2009
The pancreas: Gland of many talents, source of many woes
Byline: NATALIE ANGIER
Section: Basics
Type: News

The pancreas functions as a linchpin in some of the biggest medical crises that we face, including with diabetes and obesity.

Should anybody in the reliably pestilent health care debate be casting about for a mascot organ to represent some of the biggest medical crises that we face, allow me to nominate a nonobvious candidate: the pancreas.
It may lie in the hidden depths of the abdominal cavity, and its appearance, size and purpose ...

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