Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Eating a gluten-free diet is the only ...

Celiac disease is a chronic autoimmune condition in which eating gluten causes the immune system to attack and damage the small intestine. Gluten is a protein in various grains, including wheat, ...

Celiac disease frustratingly restrictive, the only real medical intervention for sufferers being to avoid gluten altogether. What's more, diagnosis is arduous and involves consuming gluten to ...

This article was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American's board of editors. Recently a friend I’ll call Anne told me she had cut gluten out of her ...

NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) --For people with celiac disease, avoiding food with gluten -- a protein in wheat, barley and rye -- is the only method of treatment. As awareness of the condition has grown, ...

When Matt Damon recently credited his weight loss to going gluten-free, it reignited a familiar debate about this divisive ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a reasonably healthy 81-year-old retired man, although I wear a pacemaker and have bad arthritis. My daughter insists that I'd be much healthier and happier if I eliminated gluten ...

Millions still confuse celiac disease with gluten intolerance—and that mix-up can mean years of pain, misdiagnosis, and needless restriction. Every November marks Gluten Free Diet Awareness Month, a ...

The Gluten3S research group launched a dietary intervention with children who had recently been diagnosed with celiac disease ...

The study findings published online in the British Medical Journal today reveal that the intake of a long-term gluten diet is not connected with coronary heart disease among people without celiac ...