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Against The Grain - David J. Craig/columbia Magazine


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Lisa Mentor

For anyone who has Celiac Disease or knows someone who does, this is a must read, whether newly diagnosed or and old veteran:

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THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ARTICLE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. Please take the time to read this.


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jerseyangel Proficient

Excellent article, Lisa--thanks for posting it. I'm going to copy and send it to someone who needs to read it. :)

mushroom Proficient

Scary stuff in there, Lisa. Basically, Peter Greene is saying that the doctors only know what the drug companies want them to know :o :o

happygirl Collaborator

Lisa, what a good find! Thanks for posting this. It is worth the read! And, another reason why the Celiac community is lucky to have Dr. Green! This quote was interesting: "About 75 percent of all patients now diagnosed at the Celiac Disease Center arrive not by physician referrals, but because patients learned about Green’s practice by searching the Internet or through a patient advocacy group. " and "And the only way that’s going to change is if patients take charge of their own care. If they suspect they have a problem with gluten, they need to go to their internist and say, ‘Is it possible I’ve got celiac disease? Why don’t you test me? Why don’t you refer me to somebody who treats this?’ "

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"About 75 percent of all patients now diagnosed at the Celiac Disease Center arrive not by physician referrals, but because patients learned about Green
Lisa Mentor

Yes, I too. That's another reason why THIS forum is so important. It's so important to many of us that accurate information and research is available to those in need.

momxyz Contributor

Here's a line that struck me:

"If they suspect they have a problem with gluten, they need to go to their internist and say,


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Yup Apprentice

Thanks Lisa! I'm printing the article off and giving a copy to my chiropractor (he wants to learn more about Celiac).

Happy New Year! Happy New Decade!

:) Paula

chasbari Apprentice
For anyone who has Celiac Disease or knows someone who does, this is a must read, whether newly diagnosed or and old veteran:

Open Original Shared Link

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ARTICLE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. Please take the time to read this.

Thank you so much for posting this. I have book marked this and will share it with everyone I possibly can. Just curious as to whether it would be useful/prudent for many of us to forward our medical records to the good doctor in interest of increasing his data base for research purposes. Any thoughts on this?

CS

Lisa Mentor
Thank you so much for posting this. I have book marked this and will share it with everyone I possibly can. Just curious as to whether it would be useful/prudent for many of us to forward our medical records to the good doctor in interest of increasing his data base for research purposes. Any thoughts on this?

CS

Well, you could contact the Columbia Celiac Disease Center and inquire.

chasbari Apprentice
Well, you could contact the Columbia Celiac Disease Center and inquire.

Email sent. I will let you know what I hear from them.

CS

Lisa Mentor

I don't know where you live but, the Celiac Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA is enrolling participants in a study to evaluate the type of symptoms that occur in celiac disease and to look at how living with Celiac Disease affects peoples lives.

You can contact them at:

celiac@bidmc.harvard.edu

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