It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That couldn’t be more true for Mike and Kristy Johnson of Tekamah. The couple started Kristy’s Kitchen, making gluten-free food mixes after ...

Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Eating a gluten-free diet is the only ...

Also referred to as celiac sprue, celiac disease occurs when people with a genetic propensity for the disease eat foods containing gluten, or the proteins in wheat and some other grains. The result: ...

Celiac disease is a chronic autoimmune condition in which eating gluten causes the immune system to attack and damage the small intestine. Gluten is a protein in various grains, including wheat, ...

A gluten-free diet avoids foods containing gluten, a group of proteins present in foods such as wheat, rye, and barley. Instead, a diet may focus on fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, and other ...

Millions still confuse celiac disease with gluten intolerance—and that mix-up can mean years of pain, misdiagnosis, and needless restriction. Every November marks Gluten Free Diet Awareness Month, a ...

A Stanford University medical-research team has recently made a discovery that promises hope to thousands of people with celiac sprue, an autoimmune disease that leaves people unable to digest gluten, ...

A 44-year-old man presents as a new patient because he is worried that he has lost weight for no obvious reason and has been noticeably more fatigued recently. He is very worried that he has cancer.

Once you diagnose celiac disease, assess the patient’s nutritional intake, test his or her bone mineral density (BMD), and address deficiencies. Iron, folate, vitamin B 12, zinc, copper, calcium, and ...

Q: This may not sound like much, but every time I eat cereal it seems like I get loose bowels and stomach pain. I can really notice it because I'm normally constipated. A guy I know has something ...