<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Free Blood Screening for Celiac Disease Saturday, January 29, 2000 The Hedrick Building, Friday Center Drive, Hwy 54, Chapel HIll, North Carolina An opportunity to have your whole family screened for celiac disease. As part of the nation-wide study of the prevalence of celiac disease, North Carolina's Triangle Gluten Free Group is pleased to offer free antibody screening for first and second degree relatives of patients diagnosed with celiac disease. Anyone who is the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew of an identified patient, and who is NOT on a gluten free diet, is welcome to come. There will be no charge, although contributions to the Center for Celiac Research at the University of Maryland will be cheerfully accepted. Also, participants will be asked to fill out a brief questionnaire. The screening is sponsored by Dr. William Heizer, University of North Carolina Division of Gastroenterology, and will be conducted by Dr. Ivor Hill, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Wake Forest School of Medicine. Blood samples will be analysed at the Univerity of Maryland. We will be showing a videotape of a talk by Drs. Fasano and Horvath of UMaryland. Dietary Specialties/ MenuDirect will be offering samples of their products. To make an appointment, please call 919-967-9954. If no one answers, please leave a message including your name and phone number; your call will be returned. Directions: The Hedrick building is located on the grounds of the Friday Center on Raleigh Road (Route 54) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. From I-40, exit onto Route 54W toward Chapel Hill. Go 1.7 miles and turn left at the sign for the Friday Center. Go straight on Friday Center Drive to the very end, then turn left into the Hedrick Building parking lot. If you need a map to the Hedrick building, here is a pointer to one: <<http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/8672/images/hedrick.jpg>>