Study redefines roles of alcohol, smoking in risk for pancreatitis
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 05:21
in Health & Medicine
Although alcohol consumption is known to be associated with chronic pancreatitis, new evidence indicates that a threshold of five or more drinks per day is required to significantly raise risk; however, most patients with chronic pancreatitis do not drink this amount, according to a report in the 8 June issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, smoking is an independent, dose-dependent risk factor...