Insulin offers new hope for treatment of acute pancreatitis

[Northerner]

Insulin can protect the cells of the pancreas from acute pancreatitis -- a disease for which there is currently no treatment -- researchers report. Acute pancreatitis involves the pancreas digesting itself resulting in severe abdominal pain, vomiting and systemic inflammation.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140821102427.htm

 

[HOBIE]

I sometimes wonder how the body works in the first place