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Bye-bye to the blasted biopsy?
As this hugely successful symposium came to an end today, Dr. Marlou Adriaanse of the Netherlands offered a possible replacement for the biopsy, currently used to confirm celiac disease’s villous atrophy within a potential celiac. It was funny to hear … Continue reading
Celiacs safely eating wheat flour – now we’ve seen everything!
As if the possibility of eating a wheat starch muffin while drinking a barley-based beer wasn’t shocking enough, Dr. Marco Gobbetti of Italy rounded out the final day of the symposium with a presentation of a potential way for celiacs … Continue reading
Miscellaneous Gems
The conference’s last day included a number of interesting topics. Dr. Hadjivassiliou (UK) captivated the audience with complying case evidence of the prevalence and association of neurological dysfunction and CD. Using MRI and MR spectroscopy he demonstrated that patients on a … Continue reading
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CD Follow-Up – Challenges, Needs
Dr. Dan Leffler shared the body of the ‘generic letter’ after diagnosis that for pretty much most members rings true, I’ll paraphrase: Dear M. X, Your results are back and you have celiac disease. Please make an appointment with a … Continue reading
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Beer’s toxicity on trial
Dr. Markku Maki, a well-known Finnish expert on celiac disease, made a presentation Tuesday about celiac beer consumption in Finland. To my shock, he was talking about regular, barley-based beer, not the gluten-free specialty beers we’ve become used to. Apparently, … Continue reading
Psuffering from Psoriasis?
Dr. Detlef Schuppan (US) spoke about the interesting notion of applications of the gluten-free diet to those not suffering from celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. He did a study of 30 patients afflicted with psoriasis. Note that only two of … Continue reading
Learning from Leffler
Dr. Daniel Leffler, who recently addressed the CCA National Conference in Ottawa, spoke at both the clinical and the scientific fora, discussing follow-up monitoring of celiac disease and the dangerous “refractory” celiac disease. Having been too busy scurrying around in … Continue reading
Celiac and type 1 diabetic? How do you eat?
Celiac disease and type 1 diabetes was a hot topic of the day on Tuesday. About 5-10% of diabetes worldwide are type 1 and, according to European studies, 2-8% of children with type 1 diabetes also have celiac disease (CD). … Continue reading
Low gluten okay, very low gluten forbidden??
We’re thrilled that Canada is moving forward with improved food labelling regulations, set to take effect next year. We are especially grateful when we look southward and see the situation the Americans are mired in. US dietician Melinda Dennis discussed … Continue reading
Norway, you’ve crossed my threshold
I was witness to some much-needed closure for an American woman who has been living in Oslo for the past year. Why has she been getting sick, despite eating gluten-free (GF) food? Now we know. Were you aware that the … Continue reading