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Celiac Disease Diagnoses Skyrocket

Many with gluten intolerance may not know of condition

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 10, 2009 1:53 PM CDT

(Newser) – The number of Americans diagnosed with celiac disease has quadrupled since the 1950s, and the condition "is emerging as a substantial public health concern," Mayo Clinic researchers warn. People who had the gluten-intolerance disease and didn’t know it were four times more...   Read full story »

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