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According to a recent report, "nearly five times as many people have celiac disease today than did during the 1950s" and "the rate of celiac disease has doubled every 15 years since 1974 and is now believed to affect one in every 133 U.S. residents." More »
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Mimi Winsberg had completed dozens of marathons and triathalons, but four years ago, when she was in her late 30s, her health and athletic performance inexplicably declined. Doctors attributed it to aging, new motherhood, and chronic anemia, but no treatment worked, until Winsberg researched her symptoms online. She realized that she has celiac disease, a genetic auto-immune disorder caused by eating gluten protein. Doctors estimate that at least 1% of the population has the disease, but though it can be detected with inexpensive blood tests, only of a fraction of the cases are diagnosed. [The New York Times] More »
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