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Underscoring its role as the leading resource for millions of Americans with celiac disease, Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF) announced the launch of its Adult and Pediatric Celiac Disease Follow-Up Checklists.

The considerable overlap between celiac disease and type 1 diabetes (T1D) is well known; the same can be said of celiac disease and autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD). The question remains, do individuals (notably, children) with celiac disease need to be routinely screened for development of these other conditions?

A team of pediatric medical experts convened at the Children’s National Health Center in Washington, D.C. in January 2013 with a single, ambitious goal – to cull from over 40 years of publications and studies relating to celiac disease in children, a list of best practices for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of this potentially devastating disease.

Celiac disease can be difficult to diagnose because it affects people in different ways. There are over 300 known symptoms of celiac disease which may affect every organ in your body, not…

Having a child with celiac disease poses unique challenges both for you and your child. The lifestyle changes – and how they are managed – that come with a diagnosis…

Last Updated: January 13, 2022 Celiac disease is a chronic autoimmune disease, which means that you cannot “grow out” of it. 1 in 100 people worldwide have celiac disease. Celiac disease…

To cure celiac disease we must fundamentally shift how celiac disease research is conceptualized and conducted. Why? Because the current research paradigm for celiac disease, one that has existed for four decades, has not delivered a cure. Not only has it not delivered a cure, celiac disease research has produced only a single approved treatment for the disease – the gluten-free diet.

It wasn’t that long ago that the gluten-free diet became popular or even recognizable to the general public. There were very few options available, and even fewer that were appetizing.…

Researchers have confirmed physical evidence of immune system activation and intestinal damage when wheat is consumed by some individuals without celiac disease and wheat allergy.  For decades, but more so in…

There is no question that the popularity of “going gluten-free” has risen sharply in recent years. The question is, does a gluten-free diet (GFD) pose a true benefit to those…