General Celiac News
Adding gluten early may cause constipation in babies (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Call Medical Radio - Celiac Disease (Tri-State Neighbor)
A New Approach to Immune Cell Analysis (GenomeWeb News)
March designated as 'National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month' (News-Medical-Net)
Senate Resolution 372 Designates March "National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month" (Medical News Today)
Call Medical Radio - Celiac Disease (Tri-State Neighbor)
Senate Resolution 372 Designates March "National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness Month" (Newswise)
Researchers take aim at digestive disorder (CTV Toronto)
Researchers take aim at digestive disorder (CTV.ca)
Call Medical Radio - Celiac Disease (Tri-State Neighbor)
"Latent Celiac Disease" Linked with GI Symptoms and Osteoporosis
Last September, Swedish researchers announced that full-blown celiac disease is not the only form of the disorder to have serious consequences. They found that so-called "latent celiac disease" - celiac disease antibodies in the blood, but no obvious damage to the intestines - put people at a very slightly increased risk of premature death. (Read about that research here: Mortality Risks with "Latent Celiac Disease"
This month, researchers from Finland reported that patients with latent celiac disease also have a higher risk for gastrointestinal problems and poor bone health. These doctors studied 73 patients with celiac antibodies but normal-looking intestines. In the March issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, they say these patients had a higher-than-average rate of gastrointestinal symptoms (such as "indigestion") that improved significantly after a year on a gluten-free diet. Also, more than half the patients had osteoporosis or osteopenia, and the researchers started to see some improvement in their bone mineral density with the gluten-free diet.
Source:
Kurppa K, Collin P, Sievänen H, Huhtala H, Mäki M, Kaukinen K. Gastrointestinal symptoms, quality of life and bone mineral density in mild enteropathic coeliac disease: a prospective clinical trial. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2010;45:305-14.
Read about other recent advances in celiac disease.
"Latent Celiac Disease" Linked with GI Symptoms and Osteoporosis originally appeared on About.com Celiac Disease on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 13:16:01.







