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 ...

It could also mean that you’re not absorbing enough nutrients from your food. This could be due to acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) pancreatitis or other conditions. The most common symptom ...

Start by avoiding certain foods and categories of foods that can be hard on your pancreas. The National Pancreas Foundation recommends that people with chronic pancreatitis limit their fat intake to ...

Hereditary pancreatitis has recently emerged as an important pancreatic disease. Although relatively rare, this genetic disorder has provided major breakthroughs in our understanding of acute and ...

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a condition in which the pancreas does not make enough enzymes to properly break down food. Causes of this condition can include: chronic pancreatitis ...

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 ...

More than 66,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. Learn more about the disease and how PanCAN can help.

Study shows childhood cancer survivors can likely expect to have a longer life expectancy due to improvements in treatment over a 30-year period. Although advances in childhood and adolescent cancer ...

(Bill Roth / ADN archive) Alaska had the biggest decline in average life expectancy of all U.S. states in 2021, a year when health outcomes were heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Life expectancy in California has dropped, according to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control. The Golden State, which once was the second best state for life expectancy, is now ...

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS can lead to scar tissue that creates even more blockages, so it may require surgery as well as prescription enzymes or hormones that your pancreas can no longer secrete on its own ...

June 11, 2024 — Chronic lung diseases are often accelerated ... who experience chronically clogged airways and a dramatically shortened life ... Non-White Newborns With Cystic Fibrosis More ...