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

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 ...

Many patients with recurrent acute pancreatitis (RAP) and acute pancreatitis (AP) have high lifetime cumulative drinking and heavy daily alcohol use, suggesting disease progression toward chronic ...

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 ...

Rates of pancreatitis and liver-related complications from alcohol have increased in teens and young adults. Males were most affected, yet young females had changes in rates that were higher than ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Without trying, I started losing weight, and had terrible symptoms. My gastroenterologist ordered several tests, but couldn’t seem to make a diagnosis. Long story short, it was chronic ...

Life-threatening health issues caused by alcohol are on the rise among people under 40, according to a startling new study published today. Alcohol is responsible for 13.5% of deaths in people aged 20 ...

Regular alcohol consumption creates a cascade of health problems that often develop silently over years before symptoms become apparent. While many people focus on the immediate effects of drinking, ...

As the festive season ushers in long weekends and fewer early-morning obligations, doctors are raising the alarm over a dangerous consequence of excessive alcohol consumption — acute pancreatitis.

Chronic pancreatitis, a painful, debilitating condition, often requires major surgery to remove all or part of the pancreas. Few large studies have evaluated how these patients fare five years or more ...