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October 28, 2011
Iowa firm recalls ice cream with undeclared wheat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wells Enterprises Inc, is voluntarily recalling a limited number of packages of its Blue Bunny Personals ice cream because it was mispackaged and contains undeclared wheat, the company said.
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September 28, 2011
A gluten-free for all drives product sales
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles voice actor Nancy Truman landed a new role as a full-time gluten-free baker after she tweaked her recipes to replace the wheat that was making her feel miserable.
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June 24, 2011
Study links celiac disease to cataract risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with the digestive disorder celiac disease may have a slightly increased risk of developing cataracts, a new study suggests.
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June 17, 2011
Celiac disease linked to earlier menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with untreated celiac disease may hit menopause earlier, and have a higher risk of some pregnancy complications, than women without the disease, suggests a small study.
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May 26, 2011
Some tennis stars say gluten-free is best for them
PARIS (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic says his unbeaten run is due to his special, gluten-free diet and now Sabine Lisicki hopes she too will benefit in the long run after discovering she is intolerant to gluten, a protein in cereal grains.
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May 20, 2011
Gluten not linked to babies' risk of diabetes: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For babies at higher risk of childhood diabetes because of family history or genes, a gluten-free diet in the first year of life does not lower the chances of developing the disease, German researchers report.
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April 21, 2011
Many kids with diabetes have other immune diseases
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A third of children with type 1 diabetes have signs of other immune system disorders when they get diagnosed with diabetes, according to a new study.
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March 4, 2011
No link between celiac disease, male infertility
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with celiac disease are no more likely to suffer from infertility than men without the condition, which makes people intolerant to gluten, suggests a new study from Sweden.
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February 24, 2011
Asthma linked to celiac disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with the digestive disorder known as celiac disease are more likely to develop another disorder involving the immune system: asthma, according to a new study.
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February 10, 2011
Immune imbalance in gut may trigger celiac disease
CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who have high levels of an immune system compound called interleukin-15 may be primed to develop celiac disease, a digestive disorder that keeps sufferers from eating foods like cereal, pasta, cookies and beer.
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November 19, 2010
Painful "gluten rashes" might not be forever
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small percentage of people with a painful, blistering skin disease may eventually go into remission, saving them from medication and a strict diet, a new study reports.
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July 21, 2010
Experts identify three culprits for gluten allergy
HONG KONG, July 22 (Reuters) - Researchers have identified three fragments in gluten that appear to trigger a disorder in people who are allergic to the wheat protein.
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July 16, 2010
"Gluten-free" foods may be contaminated: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with celiac disease and others who avoid gluten should beware that foods that are supposed to be naturally gluten-free are often contaminated, warns a new study.
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December 15, 2009
Antibody tests boost celiac disease diagnoses
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The advent of antibody testing to diagnose celiac disease has led to a substantial increase in the number of cases detected among children, a new study suggests.
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October 8, 2009
Two consumer gene tests give conflicting results
CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who send their DNA away to gene testing companies hoping for an accurate picture of their future risks for inherited diseases should beware. The results are not ready for prime time, says genome pioneer Craig Venter.
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July 24, 2009
Celiac disease may strike elderly, too
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Celiac disease doesn't only affect the young, new research from Finland confirms, but can strike a person for the first time in later life.
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July 10, 2009
Cases of celiac disease up dramatically: report
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the United States, celiac disease is four times more common now than it was in the 1950's, according to a study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
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June 30, 2009
REFILE: Recurrent mouth ulcers suggest celiac disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A minority of patients with recurrent mouth sores (aphthous stomatitis) have gluten-sensitive enteropathy, making evaluation for celiac disease appropriate in this population, according to a new study in BMC Gastroenterology.
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June 29, 2009
Recurrent month ulcers suggest celiac disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A minority of patients with recurrent mouth sores (aphthous stomatitis) have gluten-sensitive enteropathy, making evaluation for celiac disease appropriate in this population, according to a new study in BMC Gastroenterology.
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June 24, 2009
Hasselbeck accused of plagiarizing diet book
BOSTON (Reuters) - Elisabeth Hasselbeck, conservative co-host of ABC's "The View," is being sued over accusations her best-selling diet book plagiarized another author's work.
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April 10, 2009
Symptomless celiacs can eat gluten: Dutch
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers in the Netherlands have made a startling suggestion: children with celiac disease might not need to start a gluten-free diet until they begin to develop symptoms.
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March 13, 2009
B vitamin supplements benefit celiac patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - B vitamin supplements reduce the risk of developing very high levels of homocystine in patients with celiac disease and "should be considered in disease management," a Dutch team concludes, based on a new study.
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February 4, 2009
Celiac disease linked to high risk of lymphoma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Analysis of data from a Swedish cancer registry shows a more than 5-fold increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in patients with celiac disease, but the risk is steadily decreasing, and is less than half of what it was 40 years ago.
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December 10, 2008
Diabetes and celiac disease share common genes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research suggests that certain gene variants that increase the risk of type 1 diabetes also raise the risk of celiac disease, according to research published online today by The New England Journal of Medicine.
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November 18, 2008
Thyroid disease often seen with celiac disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Individuals with celiac disease -- a common digestive problem in which the body cannot breakdown and absorb a protein found in wheat -- are at significantly increased risk for developing thyroid disorders, including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and thyroiditis, investigators in Sweden have found.
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January 30, 2008
Enzyme may provide treatment for gluten intolerance
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An enzyme has been recently identified that is able to degrade gluten in a laboratory simulation of the gastrointestinal tract.
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November 19, 2007
Mystery solved by celiac diagnosis
TORONTO (Reuters) - Two years ago, Shauna James Ahern's doctor told her she had a chronic disease. The author felt something unusual for someone who would soon have to completely alter her eating habits. She felt liberated.
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August 20, 2007
Video capsule may soon diagnose celiac disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new device -- video capsule enteroscopy (VCE) -- accurately detects intestinal atrophy in patients suspected to have celiac disease, according to a report in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.