Many alcoholic pancreatitis patients continued drinking during COVID-19. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers study the effects of continued alcohol intake and seek better ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Following an initial hospitalization for acute alcohol-associated pancreatitis, repeated visits to an outpatient gastrointestinal clinic for brief motivational alcohol ...

Ann came to the Emergency Department (ED) complaining of severe upper abdominal pain. She had been vomiting and could not keep anything down, even water. She was not very forthcoming with her answers ...

A Los Angeles surgeon said on Wednesday, Aug. 4, that along with increased alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of alcohol-induced pancreatitis cases is rising. Dr. PJ ...

Alcohol – the drug or poison that's been normalized in society. While many may view alcohol as a social lubricant or a way to ...

Contrary to popular belief, chronic pancreatitis caused by alcohol consumption occurs at much lower rates compared to other causes, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology ...

In many older studies, long-standing inflammation of the pancreas was most often due to alcohol — but in the U.S. at least that pattern is changing, a new study shows. Smoking and genetic factors may ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Alcohol-related pancreatitis rates rose 12% each year among females and 7% among males. One-fifth of these ...

This has been going on for a while. My aunt, whom I love and and consider to be a great and generous person, is and has been for quite some time now a full blown alcoholic.<BR><BR>I've known about ...

Everyday habits such as heavy drinking and unhealthy eating can gradually damage the pancreas. Once injured, the consequences ...