Social media and lifestyle magazines have turned gluten—a protein in wheat, rye and barley—into a dietary villain.
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Celiac disease occurs when someone’s immune system responds abnormally to gluten. Efforts to improve celiac disease diagnosis are ongoing. A study recently published in Gastroenterology evaluated the ...
Finding out if you have celiac disease is not easy. Diagnosing the autoimmune disease in the United States requires two tests. First, a blood test to identify elevated levels of certain antibodies, ...
During the 6 month period of the study, 1432 duodenal biopsies were received where celiac disease was part of the differential specified in the pathology request. Less than one-third of these patients ...
(RTTNews) - Targeted Genomics LLC, creator of GlutenID—the first and only FDA-cleared direct-to-consumer genetic test for celiac disease—has entered a commercial partnership with OraSure Technologies, ...
(WASHINGTON) — The nation’s top experts on preventive health do not recommend routine testing for celiac disease, unless symptoms suggest it. Celiac is an autoimmune disease in which the body reacts ...
Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve been diagnosed with silent celiac disease at the late age of 62, but I probably had it for decades. (It may have led to my serious osteoporosis.) A biopsy revealed totally ...
The Simtomax point of care test (POCT) has low sensitivity in screening patients for celiac disease, particularly when used for pediatric patients in whom the probability of celiac disease is high, a ...
A recent study discovered that a blood test called WBAIL-2 could aid in diagnosing celiac disease and even contribute to biopsy-free diagnosis. Celiac disease occurs when someone’s immune system ...