In patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia, plozasiran was well-tolerated, reduced triglycerides by up to 81% and prevented ...

BOSTON — Clinicians at internal medicine and endocrinology meetings recently presented case reports describing pancreatitis in patients taking tirzepatide. In one case, a 64-year-old patient died.

A health insurer cannot automatically reject claims using waiting-period clauses. The Mumbai Consumer Commission ruled that ...

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas, often from gallstones or alcohol use. It can cause sudden upper abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Treatment usually involves hospitalization, IV ...

CHICAGO — Patients who develop acute pancreatitis while being treated with GLP-1 receptor agonists (RAs) show lower rates of recurrence if they continue with the treatment than if they discontinue, ...

Acute pancreatitis is a serious medical condition that needs to be treated urgently. In this condition the pancreas becomes inflamed over a short period of time. The pancreas is a small elliptical ...

The pancreas, although often ignored, is a vital organ in the body, and its central role is to digest food by producing the required enzymes. It also helps balance the energy in the blood.

Credit: Getty Images. Although the clinical presentation of acute pancreatitis may vary, the most common symptom occurring in 95% of cases is deep epigastric pain that radiates to the back.

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

The term “autoimmune pancreatitis” (or “autoimmune-related pancreatitis”) was introduced by Yoshida et al. in 1995 to describe the form of chronic pancreatitis that is associated with autoimmune ...