Gastrointestinal Health topics
Your pancreas
Click on the links below to find out more about the pancreas and conditions that affect it.
Pancreas and insulin
Your pancreas has 2 functions: producing digestive enzymes; and producing the hormones insulin and glucagon to regulate blood sugar.
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a term used to describe as many as 20 different types of tumour that can occur in the pancreas.
Pancreatitis: all you need to know
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. It occurs when the digestive enzymes that your pancreas produces to break down food attack the pancreas itself.
Your pancreas has 2 functions: producing digestive enzymes; and producing the hormones insulin and glucagon to regulate blood sugar.
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a term used to describe as many as 20 different types of tumour that can occur in the pancreas.
Pancreatitis: all you need to know
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. It occurs when the digestive enzymes that your pancreas produces to break down food attack the pancreas itself.
