Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Health News

New hope for celiac disease sufferers?

Dec. 21, 2009
Researchers look at oral enzymes and immunotherapy as possible treatments for celiac disease. In a sense, the 2 million plus Americans with celiac disease are lucky. No other autoimmune disease has such a safe and effective treatment.
Related Stories from UPI.com

Celiac disease poses slight death risk

OREBRO, Sweden, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Patients with lesser degrees of celiac disease symptoms, such as intestinal inflammation, have a modestly increased risk of death, Swedish researchers say.

Increase in celiac disease baffles doctors

ROCHESTER, Minn., July 1 (UPI) -- Celiac disease, an immune system reaction to gluten in the diet, is more than four times more common today than it was 50 years ago, U.S. researchers say.

Celiac disease can have economic impact

NEW YORK, March 31 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've demonstrated an economic benefit to the diagnosis of celiac disease in a managed care U.S. population.

Celiac disease, diabetes have genetic link

LONDON, March 4 (UPI) -- London researchers suggest celiac disease and diabetes may have common genetic origins.

Celiac disease may increase TB risk

OREBRO, Sweden, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- People with celiac disease -- who are gluten intolerant -- run four times the risk of developing active tuberculosis infection, according to a Swedish study.

Study: Celiac disease and dementia linked

ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have found a new link between celiac disease, a digestive condition triggered by consumption of gluten, and dementia.

Some have celiac disease unknowingly

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Many U.S. adults and children may suffer unknowingly from celiac disease, an inability to digest gluten in wheat, barley, rye and oats.

Celiac tests in Down children may fail

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine say children with Down syndrome may still develop celiac disease even if routinely tested.

Osteoporosis linked to celiac disease

ST. LOUIS, Wash., Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Patients may develop osteoporosis because of celiac disease, a correctable intolerance to wheat flour, and should be screened Missouri researchers report.

Celiac disease linked to osteoporosis

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- St. Louis researchers suggest there is a higher prevalence of celiac disease -- an immune response to gluten -- in individuals with osteoporosis.
1 of 28
Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler