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Though South Asians may have less of the more harmful deep abdominal fat around organs like the liver and pancreas, studies show their larger, less efficient fat cells struggle to store fat under the skin.

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Ms Wild's pancreas, liver, and both kidneys were also donated for lifesaving and life-improving transplants.

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Jurors were told the victim required three operations before being moved to critical care, and he remained in a medically induced coma after sustaining incision wounds to his liver and pancreas.

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She had half her pancreas, bile duct and gall bladder removed, along with part of her gut and stomach.

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More importantly, we need to focus on what GLP-1 does: trigger the pancreas’s beta cells to release insulin, which lowers blood sugar.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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