Distinctive pathology associated with focal stenosis of the main pancreatic duct secondary to remote trauma: a long-term complication of seat belt pancreatitis - Wu AA, Thompson ED, Cameron JL, He J, Burkhart RA, Burns WR, Lafaro KJ, Shubert CR, Canto MI, Fishman EK, Hruban RH.
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Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Study Explores Safety of Removing Inoperable Pancreatic Tumors
A clinical trial will examine if chemotherapy followed by a novel surgical procedure can improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic tumors previously considered inoperable (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - March 15, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Pancreatic Cancer Source Type: news

Should doctors screen all kids for type 1 diabetes?
Millions worldwide live with type 1 diabetes, and for most the diagnosis came as a shock, following mysterious symptoms such as thirst and weight loss. But diabetes specialists have long known that certain blood tests can foretell the disease years earlier. That has left the field wrestling with a difficult question: Should healthy children get these blood tests, and would knowing about incipient diabetes help them? Now, as a first wave of studies indicates such testing can prevent life-threatening complications at diagnosis , and with a new treatment to delay disease onset, the answers are tipping toward â...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 13, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Wegovy Is Good for More Than Just Weight Loss
The obesity drug Wegovy can now claim to lower the risk of heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular issues in people who are overweight or who have obesity, and also have cardiovascular disease. It’s the first weight-loss drug to carry an indication for heart benefits. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the addition to the label on March 8 based on a study from Wegovy’s manufacturer, Novo Nordisk, showing that the drug lowered the risk of heart attack, stroke, or dying of heart-related issues in this population by 20% compared to people receiving placebo. [time-brightcove not-tgx=...
Source: TIME: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Oncolytics Biotech (NASDAQ: ONCY) (TSX: ONC) Fights Cancer With Pelareorep, Which Has Received FDA Fast Track Designation For Breast And Pancreatic Cancer
A clinical-stage immunotherapeutics company focused on oncology with the goal of helping cancer patients live longer and healthier lives may be close to bringing therapy targeting multiple cancers to licensure-enabling studies. Reporting positive clinical and translational data in 2023, Oncolytics…#fda #oncolyticsbiotech #oncolytics #translational #sabcs #sitc #goblet #mattcoffey #pelareorep #clinicalgroup (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A smart molecule beats the mutation behind most pancreatic cancer
Scientists discover a new way to disarm a deadly protein that also appears in cancers of the lung, breast and colon. UC San Francisco researchers have designed a candidate drug that could help make pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, a treatable, perhaps even curable, condition. The new molecule permanently modifies a wily cancer-causing mutation, called K-Ras G12D, that is responsible for nearly half of all pancreatic cancer cases and appears in some forms of lung, breast and colon cancer. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - March 6, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news

Robotic Surgery for Pancreatic Tumors Proves Safe, Feasible in Experienced Hands
(MedPage Today) -- Performed by highly experienced surgeons, robot-assisted pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic head or periampullary tumors proved feasible and safe and showed modest improvements in short-term outcomes compared with open surgery... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - March 1, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Abdominal Fat and Dementia; Mask Ban Lawsuit Tossed; FDA Rejects Psych Drug
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. In middle-age men with high Alzheimer's dementia risk, higher pancreatic fat was linked with lower cognition and brain volumes. (Obesity) The Department of Justice... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - February 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Higher Pancreatic Fat Percentage Linked to Lower Cognition in Men
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 -- Higher pancreatic fat percentage is associated with lower cognition and brain volumes in middle-aged men at high risk for Alzheimer disease, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in Obesity. Sapir Golan Shekhtman,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 27, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Fat Around Men's Pancreas Might Raise Odds for Alzheimer's
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 -- Excess fat around your pancreas could bode ill for the health of your aging brain, new research shows.But maybe only if you ' re male: The relationship wasn ' t observed among women, noted the team from Rutgers University in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 27, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Fascinating interactive chart reveals how UK's cancer survival rates are lagging 15 YEARS behind the likes of Australia, Canada and Norway
Just 7.9 per cent of Brits diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2014 could expect to still be alive five years later. In Australia, the odds were almost double at 14.9 per cent. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Clinician describes new ultrasound-guided core biopsy technique
A medical team at the University of California (UC) Davis Health recently performed what it’s calling the world’s first endoscopic, ultrasound-guided core biopsy of a pancreatic tumor with a drilling method. The team, led by Antonio Mendoza-Ladd, MD, said that this method successfully collected a larger-than-normal core of tumor tissue in an efficient manner. It highlighted that this can make way for better diagnostic workup. “It is done in an easier-to-control way. We only need to do one puncture,” Mendoza-Ladd told AuntMinnie.com. “The cores we obtain with this device are better than regular needles.” The ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Advanced Visualization Source Type: news

Steve Jobs adopted a no ‘bozos’ policy and said the best managers are those who never wanted the job
It’s been more than a decade since we lost Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind some of the biggest technological innovations in history. He lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in 2011, and would have been 69 years old today. Jobs’ outsized influence as Apple’s leader left a lasting impression on…#stevejobs #apple #stevewozniak #debbiecoleman #macintosh #mba #stanforduniversity #siliconvalleys #d8conference #teamwork (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Alarm over 200% explosion in young women and girls getting pancreatic cancer as top experts admit they are baffled by 'frightening' rise of deadly disease
Cancer experts have urged for more research to be conducted on a 'frightening' explosion of pancreatic cancer rates among younger women with incidence having risen 200 per cent since the 90s. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

News at a glance: Protecting a queen, cell therapy for solid tumors, and a UV telescope
CONSERVATION U.S. protects iconic marine snail The queen conch, a large marine snail known for its showy shell and delectable flesh, has been added to the U.S. government’s list of species threatened with extinction. Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the species ( Strombus gigas , pictured), which is native to the Caribbean region and grows up to 35 centimeters long, needs protection because populations are sparse, scattered, and heavily overfished. NOAA’s listing decision, issued on 14 February, has no immediate impact but authorizes the age...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news