Chronic pancreatitis is now recognized as a complex fibroinflammatory disorder involving genetic, environmental, and metabolic factors.

Various conditions can cause pain in the abdomen and back. These include menstrual pain, endometriosis, kidney stones, and pancreatitis. More serious causes include a kidney infection or appendicitis.

The issue of having lunch or any meal may be a problem if you have a condition like pancreatitis; this is a condition in which the pancreas becomes inflamed. What you eat has a direct relation to the ...

At the end of the year, the number of dinners and drinks is increasing. As it is easy to drink more than usual, the risk of developing digestive diseases also increases. In particular, heavy drinking ...

The management of alcoholic pancreatitis is mostly reactive; little is done to prevent disease progression. It is time for physicians to pay attention to the root cause of the condition—that is, ...

A recent Nature article on novel GLP-1 therapies underscores a truth few key opinion leaders in medicine like to focus on: Even the most clinically impactful pharmaceutical accomplishments carry ...

Most 7 day meal plan for pancreatitis approaches focus on what you can’t have. But I discovered something different – it’s not just about avoiding the bad stuff, it’s about timing things right and ...

The Saint Louis University Center for Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases has been officially designated by the National Pancreas Foundation as a pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer center of excellence.