Pancreas Articles

Pancreas Articles:

Is Itching a Risk Factor for Cancer?

There are many reasons for itching. Something is irritating your skin. It could be something you came in contact with or some waste product or toxin trying to work its way out of your body. There could be an infection in the skin. Many people itch when they get too stressed out or worn down. In response to such skin stressors your mast cells may release histamine (an irritant chemical), that magnifies the itching response. Maybe your immune system has gotten riled up, and IgE antibodies are locking in some sort of inflammatory skin problem that itches. Researchers have now identified an itch-specific gene signal in your spinal cord, and without it you don’t feel itching regardless of the irritant. Interestingly, too much of this gene signal is involved with cancer.

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Green Tea Extract (EGCG) and Quercetin Protect Insulin-Producing Cells of Pancreas

American society is currently suffering from a metabolic pandemic, with the typical person experiencing a high level of stress to major organs including the pancreas. The insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas are easily damaged, which can lead to type 1 diabetes or in lesser cases to part of the metabolic malfunction that results in weight gain and a high risk for eventual type 2 diabetes. A new study shows that natural compounds, the EGCG extract of green tea and quercetin, offer significant protection.

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