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Increased Prevalence of Celiac Disease in Women with Unexplained Infertility

03.09.2011
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The May-June 2011 issue of The Journal of Reproductive Medicine published a study where 191 females with unexplained fertility were evaluated to find the prevalence of undiagnosed celiac disease and unexplained infertility. Click here to find out more about the results and what this suggests for undiagnosed celiac disease

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Canadian Food Labels About To Get Much Simpler For Food Allergic, Intolerant & Celiac Disease Consumers

19.05.2011
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On February 16, 2011 Health Canada published amendments to the Food Allergen Labeling Regulations and with it means big things for those of us with celiac disease (as well as for people with one or more of the major allergens as well as sulphite sensitivities) when it comes to purchasing safe pre-packaged foods. The Food and Drug Regulations require that most prepackaged foods [...]

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Quick Recap of My Conference This Weekend

16.05.2011
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This weekend I was in Ottawa to attend the Canadian Celiac Association National Conference. I had not been to one of these national conferences before so I wasn’t 100% sure how much awesome it would be – though i had some idea. This weekend was way “awesomer” then i thought it would be. My brain is tingling [...]

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Treating The Gluten Free Diet as a “Fad” is Dangerous.

31.03.2011

Seven months ago I wrote a post called “How The Media Is Making Things Worse For People With Celiac Disease“, and nothing has changed. Nothing. I know that really seven months is not a long time in the grand scheme of life and certainly don’t expect one of my posts to out-do the incredible damage [...]

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How The Media is Making Things Worse For People With Celiac Disease

19.08.2010

Photo Source As you know I have Celiac Disease and was diagnosed 3.5 years ago after a long myriad of complications. I have been gluten free since and have not looked back.  When I was first diagnosed and was weeding through information about celiac disease and the gluten free diet – in all honesty not [...]

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My Take On Proposed Gluten Free Labeling Laws To Include Oats as ‘Gluten Free’

27.05.2010

Photo Credit In Canada for a product to be labeled or implied that it is gluten free it must be free from wheat, barley, rye, oats and their derivatives. This month Health Canada is looking for feedback on proposals to change the labeling to remove oats as a gluten free restriction.  Oats have for a [...]

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Phase II Grant Awarded to Research “Low Gluten Wheat”

19.03.2010

Arcadia Biosciences Inc. is a agricultural technology focused company in California, USA that look at ways to benefit health and environment. Arcadia had received the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) grant from the National Institutes of Health partnering with Washington State University (WSU) in 2005 to research lines of wheat with reduced celiac disease-causing [...]

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Research: 3 New Projects For Celiac Disease in UK

11.03.2010

Exciting research projects have begun for celiac disease in the UK. Three different grants given by Coeliac UK totaling £347,000 to be completed over the next 3 years, each researching a different area of celiac disease. The first grant totaling  £143, 000 is one being completed by Professor David van Heel of Queen Mary College, [...]

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Research: Larazati – A Medication For Celiac Disease

08.03.2010

A new treatment is being researched for celiac disease that will include an oral medication called Larazati. Clinical trials have just been completed and show promising results. The studywas being completed to: evaluate the efficacy of multiple dose levels of  [Larazati] AT-1001 in preventing intestinal permeability changes induced by a 6-week gluten challenge. The 184 [...]

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