Good news for folks who are gluten free without a celiac diagnosis. New research out of Norway could mean a new screening method that actually will detect celiac disease, even if already on the gluten-free diet.
Celiac disease genetic testing has been around for years. I didn’t worry about getting tested, I figured I knew what my results would be. But I finally bit the bullet and did it. The results of that test made me a believer that it is crucial in ruling in or ruling out the possibility of celiac disease.
Celiac diagnosis guidelines are aimed to help medical professionals, but a new survey says some guidelines aren’t being followed. Some survey respondents surprisingly said they wouldn’t recommend a gluten-free diet as first treatment for celiac.
Just learned you might have celiac? Perhaps your blood test is positive and you need to get an endoscopy and biopsy. Here is what you need to know about the biopsy for celiac disease, from first-hand experience.
New research looks at folks who test positive for a celiac marker but report no symptoms. If you have been around celiac disease enough, you know there are folks who say they never have felt symptoms despite being given a celiac or gluten-free diagnosis. Now research wants to know, whether a gluten-free diet helped these folks
83% of people with celiac are undiagnosed. New research suggests celiac screening for at-risk patients may be off some doctors’ radar.
The term Celiac Disease Autoimmunity came across my desk this last week. Am I the only one who hadn’t heard of this before? People with it need to eat gluten free so why not just call it celiac disease? So I did a little investigating for clarification.
As many as 100,000+ kids have both celiac and type 1 diabetes. Find out what parents should be looking for in symptoms. Plus, why researchers may want celiac screening guidelines changed for diabetic kids.
Are you gluten sensitive or do you have celiac disease? Two new pieces of research look both at how patients are handling the question and what they should do to get an accurate diagnosis.
85% of Americans with celiac are undiagnosed. Why? New research says the lack of diagnosis goes beyond doctors not looking for it. So what may be keeping Americans from getting tested for celiac?
