Children born in spring or summer with a specific gene variant may have a higher risk of celiac disease and lower levels of a key protein, according to a study, potentially helping future research on ...

A French cohort study confirmed high risks for lymphoma and small bowel cancer in patients with celiac disease but also found elevated risks for pancreatic, esophageal, gastric and colonic cancers, as ...

tend to be older at the time of their celiac disease diagnosis, and are more likely to suffer from symptoms of diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss (symptoms indicating severe villous atrophy and ...

cDivision of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA dDepartment of Medicine, Celiac Disease Center, College of ...

There is limited evidence that a gluten-free diet can actually support weight loss. There is also some evidence that people with celiac disease may gain weight once they've adopted a gluten-free diet.

Little did I know that seven years later, I would be diagnosed with celiac disease, and my world—and worship—would be turned upside down. The diagnosis was as overwhelming as it was unexpected.

per day), administered for at least eight weeks to healthy subjects or ambulatory patients without malabsorption, would alter gastrointestinal absorption, induce precipitins to gluten or its ...

1 Department of Chronic Diseases, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Metabolism and Ageing, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 2 Division of Gastroenterology and ...

However, Table 1 shows that some newly diagnosed patients suffering from celiac disease do not manifest signs and symptoms of malabsorption or that digestive complaints are either absent or of ...

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