Alcohol No Longer Main Cause of Pancreas Damage

In many older studies, long-standing inflammation of the pancreas was most often due to alcohol - but in the U.S. at least that pattern is changing, a new study shows.

Smoking and genetic factors may be replacing alcohol as the major cause of the condition, researchers say.

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