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Article: VOA NEWS: CELIAC DISEASE - HARD TO DIAGNOSE, EASY TO TREAT

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January 9, 2007
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Stasia DeMarco Headaches, stomachaches and infertility are all symptoms of celiac disease, an immune system disorder that affects the gastrointestinal tract. People with celiac can't digest gluten, a protein, found in wheat and cereal grains. While doctors in Europe have been successfully treating the disease for decades, this has not been the case elsewhere in the world. In fact, it's only recently that celiac disease has been documented outside populations of European ancestry. Now, it's being seen more commonly in India, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Diagnosing the disease and dealing with it remain a challenge. It takes most ...

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