Your pancreas sits behind your stomach, near your small intestine. It releases enzymes that help you digest food and also regulates how your body manages glucose. When the pancreas is inflamed ...

In dogs with pancreatitis, the digestive enzymes don’t flow to the intestines to digest food as they should but instead start ...

Causes of Pancreatitis Most cases of pancreatitis can be attributed to gallstones (stones obstructing the pancreatic duct, leading to the retention of digestive enzymes within the pancreas) and ...

Your body makes enzymes in the digestive system, including the mouth, stomach, and small intestine. The largest share is the work of the pancreas. Digestive enzymes help your body break down ...

Pancreatic cancer is on the rise in the United States, but there's another, less common type called pancreatic neuroendocrine ...

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) develops when the pancreas can’t make enough digestive enzymes to allow the absorption of crucial nutrients from food. This can lead to malnutrition and ...

Mohammad Bilal, MD Bilal, who is also a spokesperson for the American Gastroenterological Association, suggested that pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy, often used to treat pancreatic EPI ...

Type 3c diabetes, also known as pancreatogenic diabetes, is a form of diabetes that develops as a direct result of disease or ...