Celiac Studies « Celiac Disease
May 15 2010

Review: Spring Flours 2010 Annual Benefit

Last night, May 14th, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the 10th annual Spring Flours Benefit hosted by the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center at the Swissôtel downtown Chicago.  Not only is the event set up to raise funds for a cause so important to many of us, but over 30 of the [...]

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Sep 26 2009

Lesser Forms of Celiac Disease May Increase Risk of Death

If you’ve ever attended a large celiac support group meeting before, or attending any type of event which has a large collection of people who suffer from celiac disease, you may have compared notes and noticed that there seem to be a number of varying types of the disease out there which result in a [...]

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Jul 13 2009

Autism Linked to Several Autoimmune Diseases

For awhile now we’ve been discussing and speculating  about Autism and its link to Celiac Disease.   According to a recent study, it looks like their is now finally medical research that supports Autism’s link to Celiac, as well as other autoimmune diseases, including Type 1 Diabetes and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Although the association between autism and [...]

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Jul 4 2009

Celiac Diagnosis 4 Times More Common Than 50 Years Ago

Over the past few days I’ve watched as a large number of people have thoroughly discussed the recent report from the Mayo Clinic that Celiac Disease is diagnosed in the United States 4 times more often than it was 50 years ago.  At first I had a lot of trouble figuring out why this was [...]

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Jun 21 2009

Chicago Medical Center Needs Celiacs for a Study

Have Celiac Disease and always wanted to participate in a Celiac study?  It seems like studies are happening all the time, but you’ve gotta be in the right place at the right time to get involved with one! I know we’ve got a large readership in Chicago, so I wanted to pass along information about an opportunity [...]

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May 31 2009

First Mouse Model Study of Celiac Disease Coming Soon

Over the weekend we received a press release that we wanted to pass along to our readers regarding some good news for the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center: The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center Advisory Board has partnered with The University to launch a two million dollar campaign to support the first-ever mouse [...]

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