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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>

In today's Independent newspaper (UK), there is a short article
reporting research into ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) by doctors
at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. Their research is
published in this week's Lancet.

"Mysterious symptoms, including muscle weakness, wasting, and poor
coordination and balance may be due to an undiagnosed allergy to wheat,
barley, oats or rye, according to new research which may have
implications for some people with ME.

A study of 53 patients with these and other unexplained neurological
symptoms, found that nearly three-fifths of them had antibodies to
gluten in their blood.

..  none of the patients in the Sheffield group had been diagnosed
with coeliac disease but when samples of tissue were removed from
their gut, more than a third showed evidence of the disease or
inflammation of the middle and lower gut"

Mark Kermode, Liverpool, UK.

PS: The Archbishop of Liverpool, Derek Worlock, died from cancer
    yesterday. He was 76 and was a coeliac.

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