Celiac.com 11/23/2018 - The complex factors that lead to the development of celiac disease in a given individual are the subject of much research.  The immune system, genetics and the environment (meaning factors in an individual’s life that would influence the development of disease) all play an important part in this process.
Current research on celiac disease focuses on the immune system; scientists are working to understand the exact chain of events that occur in the gut when gluten is introduced for the first time.  Understanding these events could yield insight into treatments for celiac disease that interrupt this process.  Celiac disease is the only autoimmune disorder where the trigger is known: gluten.  Researchers use celiac disease as a model for studying the pathogenesis of ot...

Celiac.com 10/22/2021 - The iceberg starts by scratching the hull.  The captain and crew had early warning signs but it all happened so quickly from there.  The destruction continues on and the hull is breached, allowing water to rush in.  We are seeing this happen now.  People are starting to perish aren‘t they?  Next, the boat starts to list to starboard.  Passengers are abandoning ship while the crew goes into emergency status.  The pumps are started and priorities set.  It's a bit chaotic but many are still being hopeful and thinking positively.  Those with vision imagine the worst-case scenario and act accordingly.  "I think we can patch this thing up if we back away now and try not to drive this rock any deeper."
Unfortunately, this is man's ‘M.O.", isn't it?  We do have to...

Celiac.com 11/05/2021 - This is going to be a bit different from most of your medical lectures, I think.  I hope you are up for “different”.  If nothing else, the hard copy in your conference notes will give you something to read on the plane home.
“Hmmm—which metaphor do I use to best illustrate the fate of conventional medicine as we now know it?  Which one will give the clearest vision of the dramatic paradigm shift that is now taking place, one that will change the way we practice the art of healing for the rest of man’s days?  Which will they grasp, take to heart, and run with to share with their clients, patients, and loved ones, to give them the good news—the fabulous news—this ‘gospel’ of medicine: That we are in sooooooo much more control of our health destinies than we hav...