Chronic pancreatitis is now recognized as a complex fibroinflammatory disorder involving genetic, environmental, and ...

A new study shows p62-mediated Mallory-Denk body formation is an adaptive, protective response to alcohol-induced liver ...

One of the main physical symptoms of alcohol withdrawal is "allodynia"— increased sensitivity to mechanical stimuli that are normally innocuous, which is a clinical sign of chronic pain. The ...

A team showed how both alcohol intake and alcohol withdrawal can lead to increased pain and hypersensitivity. Chronic alcohol consumption may make people more sensitive to pain through two different ...

Scientists have now discovered how alcohol can switch off an immune "alarm system" in the gut, allowing bad bacteria to escape their natural habitat to flood into the liver, rapidly causing ...

A new study has shown that alcohol intake can interfere with the natural regenerative abilities of the liver. Alcohol can keep cells in a kind of limbo between a functional or regenerative state, even ...

The association of cancer risk and alcohol varies by tumor type, as alcohol consumption has been ass A Japanese study showed that light to moderate alcohol drinkers had a significantly decreased risk ...