BUFFALO, N.Y. – Physicians have hesitated to prescribe GLP-1RA medications, such as those with brand names of Ozempic and Victoza, to patients with a history of pancreatitis because it was believed ...

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare inflammatory condition that is frequently misdiagnosed as pancreatic cancer due to similar clinical and imaging features. AIP is split into two distinct ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with type 2 diabetes have an almost three-fold higher risk of acute pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) and two-fold greater risk of biliary disease (disease ...

Each year, an estimated 275,000 people are treated for pancreatitis, which occurs when the pancreas becomes inflamed. Even though the pancreas isn’t talked about very much, it’s a hugely important ...

The latest data from academics, physicians, and pharmaceutical-company scientists gathered at the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) in Bethesda for the past 2 days ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pancreatic diabetes may be as prevalent as type 1 diabetes, but knowledge of the disease is lacking. Several ...

The overall risk of malignancy in pancreatic cysts may be as low as 0.5 to 1.5%, and the annual risk of progression is 0.5%. 7,15 Conversely, studies estimate that 15% of all pancreatic ...

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a type of cancerous growth affecting cells that send hormones around the body. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) grow in the cells of the pancreas that produce ...