Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a condition that happens when there's a problem with your pancreas, mainly with how well it helps you digest food. Your pancreas makes enzymes that break ...

The pancreas is a six-inch-long gland in your abdomen near your liver and small intestine. It controls important hormone and enzyme secretion. Without it, your body can’t properly operate many vital ...

When your pancreas works well, it makes and releases enzymes that help your digestive system break down food. Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) develops when this fails, leading to difficulty ...

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) affects nutrient absorption. People with EPI need to ensure they eat a varied, balanced diet that provides carbohydrates, fats, and protein. It is best for ...

Problems with the pancreas can cause exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). Symptoms can be similar to those of several other digestive conditions and include bloating, gas, pain, and fatty stools.

Exocrine glands are glands that secrete their products into ducts. They are the counterparts to endocrine glands, which secrete their products directly into the bloodstream. Typical exocrine glands ...

INDIANAPOLIS, April 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) has received a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its New Drug Application ...

CREON (Lipase, amylase, protease) e-c minimicrospheres in capsules by AbbVie Creon (pancrelipase, from Solvay Pharmaceuticals) delayed-release capsules, a pancreatic enzyme product (PEP), has received ...

J. Matthias Löhr is in the Department of Cancer Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, and in the Department of Clinical Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, ...

The altered form of the high-mobility group A2 (HMGA2) gene is somehow related to the generation of human benign and malignant tumours of mesenchymal origin. However, only a few data on the expression ...

The pancreas is an organ that sits in the abdominal cavity behind the stomach and plays a role in both the digestive and endocrine system. In the endocrine system, it is responsible for producing ...