which can affect life expectancy. Studies show having complications of EPI, such as chronic pancreatitis, means living about 8 years less than the general population. Exocrine pancreatic ...

A recent study from Italy has assessed the health-related quality of life of patients with chronic pancreatitis, showing that pain is the major factor affecting the well-being of these patients.

Americans' life expectancy has been stagnant for over a decade, and much of the blame has been placed on "deaths of despair" among middle-aged adults. But a new study suggests that chronic disease ...

If the symptom response was due to the placebo effect, the evidence of pancreatic insufficiency in this group of patients could merely reflect the background prevalence of unrecognized chronic ...

Statistics Netherlands will publish two articles about male and female life expectancy on 6 September 2012. One article deals with life expectancy at birth, the other article with life expectancy at ...

Julie V. Tsirambidis, CNP, MSN, is a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner specializing in Pancreatology; Darwin L. Conwell, MD, is Director of The Pancreas Clinic;Gregory Zuccaro, MD, is Head of ...

Can you walk over a distance of 400 metres without stopping (with or without a walking stick)? Without chronic diseases. A number of diseases leading to death or seriously affecting the quality of ...

contributes to a low rate of heart disease and other chronic conditions. South Korea’s rapid economic growth and investment in healthcare have led to significant improvements in life expectancy.

Long-term pain from chronic pancreatitis can significantly impact your quality of life and your mood. It's important to get ...

Because your pancreas is deep in your belly, you may not have symptoms of pancreatic cancer until after it has grown large or spread to other organs. (Photo Credit: Science Photo Library/Getty ...

Pseudocysts emerge after acute or chronic pancreatitis and typically appear ... affect women in the fourth to sixth decades of life. MCNs are single, thick-walled, mostly unilocular cysts that ...

People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) progressively lose kidney function, but may not know they have the disease until it is advanced. Yet a person can lose up to 90% of kidney-function before ...