<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Dear List Members, I am so happy that I want to share this piece of news with you! A press release announces that today the members of the Italian parliament will be screened for Coeliac Disease. From the press release (translated from Italian): "On wednesday May 16th volunteers of the Italian Coeliac Society will stand in front of the Parliament building to subject the parliament members to a first simple screening test for coeliac disease. 'It is a very quick test, you just need a blood drop from your finger' - explains Adriano Pucci, president of the Italian Coeliac Society - ' ... Since the frequency of coeliac disease, continuously rising, is nowadays about 1 case to 100-150 people, we expect to find between 4 and 10 parliament members affected by coeliac disease'." I think this initiative is just fantastic!!! I hope it will be done in many other countries in the future. Regards Maria Paola -- GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List* Archives are at: Http://Listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?LIST=CELIAC