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Watch on-line or attend in person the NIH Celiac Consensus Conference
sponsored by the NIH on June 28-30 at the Natcher Conference Center in
Bethesda, MD. Details on how to watch on-line at the NIH videocast
website and the program are listed below. Experts in CD including
Cynthia Kupper, RD, Shelley Case, RD and 18 MD's  from the US, Canada
and Europe will be presenting at this historic conference. The speakers
summmaries will be available at the NIH web site after the conference
and a special supplement in the J of Gastroenterology with  in-depth
articles from each speaker will be published in the fall. Here is the
link for more information :
http://consensus.nih.gov/cons/118/celiacbackground.html

This link also give the NLM bibliography on CD which contains hundreds
of articles and is 207 pages!
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/celiacdisease.html

The conference will address the following key questions:

   1. How is celiac disease diagnosed?
   2. How prevalent is celiac disease?
   3. What are the manifestations and long-term consequences of celiac
      disease?
   4. Who should be tested for celiac disease?
   5. What is the management of celiac disease?
   6. What are the recommendations for future research on celiac disease
      and related conditions?

During the first day and part of the second day of the conference,
experts will present the latest research findings in celiac disease to
the independent consensus panel. After weighing all of the scientific
evidence, the panel will prepare its statement addressing the questions
listed above. The panel will present its draft statement to the public
for comment at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30. Following this public
comment session, and a subsequent executive session to weigh the input
provided, the panel will hold a news conference at 2:00 p.m. to take
questions from the media.

Shelley Case, B. Sc., RD
Case Nutrition Consulting, www.glutenfreediet.ca
<http://www.glutenfreediet.ca>
Author: Gluten Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide
Medical Advisory Board: Celiac Disease Foundation, Gluten Intolerance
Group, Canadian Celiac Association
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Phone: (306) 536-7716     Fax: (306) 751-1000

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