Media and Journal Articles
Last updated: July 30, 2010
"Gluten-free" foods may be contaminated: study
By Genevra Pittman, Reuters Health,
July 16, 2010
People with celiac disease and others who avoid gluten should beware that foods that are supposed to be naturally gluten-free are often contaminated, warns a new study. Read more…Study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Celiac Disease: A Concern Even Later in Life
Johns Hopkins Health Alert: May 3, 2010 -- For years, celiac disease -- an autoimmune disorder marked by sensitivity to gluten, a protein in wheat and some other grains -- was thought to be primarily a childhood ailment. Now doctors are finding that celiac disease can even appear for the first time in older adults. Read more...(The article references to this study: Undetected coeliac disease in the elderly: A biopsy-proven population-based study)
Celiac disease screening in young adults can be cost effective
MedWire News: Apr 14, 2010
Mass screening for celiac disease can be a cost-effective strategy in young adults, Israeli researchers report. The cost-effectiveness of screening was determined by the time delay between symptoms and diagnosis, quality of life on a gluten-free diet, and celiac disease prevalence. Read more…
The Gluten Game: How to Cross a Menu Minefield
By Sophie Brickman, The Atlantic Monthly, April 5, 2010
How do you live without bread? Pasta? Cookies? Beer? Chicken Lo Mein?!
Alas, my friend Elizabeth has been forced to do without these, and much more, after being diagnosed with celiac disease, an autoimmune reaction to gluten. All wheat products are out. Nonetheless, I made dinner plans with her, confident that I could handle another restrictive meal. I had done vegetarian. I had done kosher. But of course, my confidence hit me right in the gluten-filled butt. Gluten hides in everything. Read more…
The Overlooked Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
By Carolyn Sayre, New York Times, January 13, 2010
It took three decades to figure out what was making Donna Sawka so sick. Her symptoms — bloating, chronic diarrhea and weight loss — began early in childhood, and they only became worse as she aged. Nine years ago, after developing severe anemia, a specialist told Ms. Sawka that she had celiac disease. Read more… Dr. Sheila Crowe, a professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Virginia, recently joined the New York Times Consults blog to answer reader questions about celiac disease. Dr. Sheila Crowe’s answers to readers’ questions:
April 8 Can You Be Intolerant to Foods Like Pasta?
January 13th Genetic Testing for Celiac Disease
January 12 Confirming a Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
December 22 Gluten-Free for the Holidays, and Beyond
December 21 The Varied Symptoms of Celiac Disease
Celiac disease: Are you the one?
By Dr. Stacey Kerr, Press Democrat, March 14, 2010
Max was born healthy. Somewhere in the second half of his first year he started getting one infection after another, his growth slowed, his behavior changed and he failed to thrive as expected. It took us more than a year to find the cause of his increasingly severe health problems. The diagnosis was clear once we thought to check for it. He was lucky that it only took a year to figure it out. Read more…
North Bay Celiacs responds in a Letter to the Editor
Against the Grain Peter H. R. Green became the go-to doc for a shadowy illness by learning to diagnose celiac disease By David J. Craig, Columbia, Winter 2009-10
For dermatologist Robyn Gmyrek, it was the cruelest fate: After she had spent years performing cosmetic procedures on people with warts, acne, scars, and crow’s feet, in 2002 her own face erupted with lesions that itched and burned and caused her to claw at her skin until it was raw. “The suffering was beyond,” says Gmyrek, an assistant clinical professor at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). “It felt like my skin was on fire.” Read more…
Going Gluten Free in Sonoma County
By Aly Anderson, Bite Club guest blog, Press Democrat, December 22, 2009
So you've cut gluten out of your diet. Lots of people decide to do it for lots of different reasons. Maybe your friends are doing it, too. Maybe you have Celiac Disease, or maybe you're trying to avoid the myriad symptoms that seem to come alongside the consumption of gluten -- bloating, gas, diarrhea (Ew. Say no more.). But at The Gluten-Free Lab, we believe you can keep living it up with just a couple of minor changes. Read more...
New hope for celiac disease sufferers?
Researchers look at oral enzymes and immunotherapy as possible treatments for celiac disease
By Cathryn Delude, Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2009
"It's very exciting that the pathophysiology of celiac disease is understood to such a degree that we can design potential therapies," said Dr. Peter Green, director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. There are two categories of treatments being developed. One would supplement a gluten-free diet and protect patients from occasional gluten exposure; the other would train the immune system to tolerate gluten and allow patients to eat a regular diet. Read more...
“New Link Found Between Osteoporosis And Celiac Disease”
ScienceDaily, October 8, 2009 [Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine]— People with celiac disease may develop osteoporosis because their immune system attacks their bone tissue, a new study has shown.
It is the first time an autoimmune response – a condition whereby the body can attack itself – has been shown to cause damage to bones directly. ...The team found that although this new form of osteoporosis did not respond to calcium and vitamin D supplements, it can be easily treated with drugs that prevent bone loss. Read more…
“Celiac Disease: A Diagnosis Often Missed”
CBS News, October 1, 2009 - There's a disease that American doctors are absolutely terrible at diagnosing. It's estimated that three million Americans have celiac disease and only a small percentage of them know it. In celiac disease, a component of wheat, rye, and barley called gluten sets off an immune reaction that attacks the intestine and can affect the entire body. Read more...
$1.1 million grant for development of celiac-safe wheat
Washington State University – September 17th, 2009
WSU scientist Diter Von Wettstein’s work on developing gluten-free wheat for people who suffer from celiac disease has received another major infusion of financial support. Washington’s Life Science Discovery Fund Wednesday announced that Von Wettstein was one of six researchers in the state to win a project grant. He will receive nearly $1.1 million to continue his work. The award comes on the heels of a four-year, $837,000 award from the National Institutes of Health earlier this year. Read more...
“Firm cancels health insurance coverage for girl, 17, after celiac disease diagnosis”
By Jon Yates, Chicago Tribune, September 17, 2009
When 17-year-old Brianna Rice was diagnosed with celiac disease in February, she had health insurance. She doesn't now. Read more…
“Challenges and benefits of gluten-free labeling laws”
By Caroline Scott-Thomas, Food Navigator, September 11, 2009
Allergen labeling has come a long way, but a US study of food labels last month found that ambiguities are still prevalent. FoodNavigator-USA.com examines the current position on gluten-free labeling rules. Read more…
“Science rises to the gluten-free challenge”
By Stephen Daniells, Food Navigator, September 10, 2009
The increasing prevalence of coeliac disease is driving innovation, and the growth in the size of the market is boosting R&D investment, but the ideal gluten-free product is still not on supermarket shelves. Read more…
“The rise and rise of gluten-free”
By Nick Hughes, Food Navigator, September 9, 2009
The global market for gluten-free food and drink products has grown exponentially in the past five years with a raft of new products hitting the market. Clear leaders are starting to emerge in what was once a niche. Read more…
“Meeting demand for ancient grains”
By Jess Halliday, Food Navigator, September 9, 2009
Interest in ‘ancient’ grains like quinoa, sorghum and teff has soared, not least because of their gluten-free quality. That means expanding supply to keep up with demand. Read more…
“Celiac Disease Insights: Clues to Solving Autoimmunity”
By Alessio Fasano, Scientific American, August 2009
Study of a potentially fatal food-triggered disease has uncovered a process that may contribute to many autoimmune disorders. Read more…
“The Expense of Eating With Celiac Disease"
By Lesley Alderman, The New York Times, August 14, 2009
You would think that after Kelly Oram broke more than 10 bones and experienced chronic stomach problems for most of his life, someone (a nurse? a doctor?) might have wondered if something fundamental was wrong with his health. But it wasn’t until Mr. Oram was in his early 40s that a doctor who was treating him for a neck injury became suspicious and ordered tests, including a bone scan. Read more…
“Mayo Clinic Study Finds Celiac Disease Four Times More Common than in 1950s"
"Undiagnosed celiac disease associated with nearly quadrupled mortality” - July 1, 2009 - Celiac disease, an immune system reaction to gluten in the diet, is over four times more common today than it was 50 years ago, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this month in the journal Gastroenterology. The study also found that subjects who did not know they had celiac disease were nearly four times more likely than celiac-free subjects to have died during the 45 years of follow-up. Read more…
“Nutritional Complications of Celiac Disease”
By Jennifer Autodore and Muralidhar Jatla
Practical Gastroenterology - July 2009
Celiac disease affects the absorptive capacity of the small intestine and can lead to specific nutrient deficiencies such as iron, calcium and folate. This article details these deficiencies and how best to treat them. From the Practical Gastroenterology home page do a search for “celiac.” For related articles do a search for “gluten-free.”
“Gluten intolerance becoming more commonplace”
By Marion Nestle, San Francisco Chronicle, May 31, 2009
Q: I'm a chef at a [Napa] high school, and I've noticed a sharp increase in the number of students who claim to have gluten intolerance and celiac disease. Is this something on the increase or just another example of the latest obsession in our increasingly obsessed culture? Read the answer…
“Economic Impact Of Undiagnosed Celiac Disease Probed”
ScienceDaily, March 27, 2009 — A study published in Journal of Insurance Medicine by members of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center has demonstrated an economic benefit to the diagnosis of celiac disease in a national managed-care population in the United States. Read more…
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http://www.celiac.org/cd-research.php
http://americanceliac.org/about-us/press-office/
http://www.csaceliacs.org/ResearchHome.php
http://celiac.nih.gov/Research.aspx