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Last week, one of our 2019 Young Investigator Award recipients, Dr. Benjamin Lebwohl, co-authored a study that showed a small, but statistically significant increase in mortality rates for patients with celiac disease.

People with celiac disease have a small but significantly increased mortality rate. The finding comes from the largest study of its kind, which used long-term health records of celiac patients in Sweden between 1969 and 2017.

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There may be a silver lining in the COVID-19 cloud. The pandemic might actually improve diagnostic rates and follow-up care for people with celiac disease. Celiac disease clinics have begun to provide medical and dietary consultations via telehealth to protect patients and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients who previously have not had access to doctors…

Dr. Dan Leffler, Celiac Disease Foundation Medical Advisory Board Member and clinician and researcher at Harvard Medical School and Takeda, spoke about the profound ineffectiveness and failure of the gluten-free diet as a treatment for celiac disease.

So as to better understand outcomes and risk factors related to Covid-19 in people with celiac disease, researchers have created a secure, online, de-identified Personal Health Identifier (PHI)-free reporting registry.

Data from the Nexvax2 study shows celiac patients exposed to gluten react within two hours and experience nausea and vomiting, not the classic lower digestive symptoms commonly associated with celiac disease.

The Celiac Disease Foundation is here to help with four gluten-free meal plans guaranteed to make life easier for you and your family.

Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, celiac disease patients need treatments and a cure. On March 8, the Celiac Disease Foundation sponsored the First SSCD Consensus Workshop: Research Opportunities in Celiac Disease 2020 to inform NIH funding needs.

Celiac disease is not considered to be an immunocompromised state in children, and is not known to be a risk factor for severe disease. Social distancing, washing hands with soap and water frequently and for at least 20 seconds, and avoiding touching of eyes, nose and mouth are recommended.