Celiac disease frustratingly restrictive, the only real medical intervention for sufferers being to avoid gluten altogether. What's more, diagnosis is arduous and involves consuming gluten to ...

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, ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MDMedically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune condition that occurs when the immune system reacts abnormally to gluten—a group of storage ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At some clinics in Sweden, the dietitian — not the doctor — is the focal point of care for celiac disease.

The Gluten3S research group launched a dietary intervention with children who had recently been diagnosed with celiac disease ...

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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a reasonably healthy 81-year-old retired man, although I wear a pacemaker and have bad arthritis. My daughter insists that I’d be much healthier and happier if I eliminated gluten ...

In celiac disease, the consumption of gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, barley, and some other grains and food products, causes the immune system to erroneously attack the intestine. This leads to ...

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 ...