Showing posts with label Pancreas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pancreas. Show all posts

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Pancreatic cancer and diet

One of the risk factors of pancreatic cancer is diet.

Diet: Diets high in meats, cholesterol fried foods and nitrosamines may increase risk, while diets high in fruits and vegetables reduce risk. Folate may be protective.

Sources: http://pathology.jhu.edu/pc/BasicCauses.php?area=ba

Monday, September 7, 2009

High fat levels in the blood and pancreatitis

Pancreatitis simply means inflammation of the pancreas.

High fat levels in the blood is one one the causes of pancreatitis .

For details, please visit http://www.emedicinehealth.com/pancreatitis/page2_em.htm