<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> We share listmembers frustration regarding some physicians. My wife would not have been diagnosed had she listened to her GP. He said "I know you don't have it. I can tell by looking at you. " Of course he dismissed the fact that she had two sisters already diagnosed with CD and had all the classic symptoms. Things have gotten somewhat better since we have tried to " educate " him about this disease. One thing that must temper our judgments of the medical community is the relative rareness of this disease. Recent studies showing incidence at 1/250 would still mean that a over 99.5 % of the US population will not have celiac disease.This fact will also come into play when trying to change product labelling rules etc. As part of our education process it might be helpful to know some statistics on the frequency of other diseases with symptoms(Classic) similar to CD. (anyone have any) I believe that the managed care einvironment has a great deat to do with the the decline of medical treatment in this country. The solution then ,is not privately griping about a particular physician but publicly denouncing the system. The solution is not medical , but political. Recently, we have heard outcries against managed care on the popular media. Concerned consumers of medical treatment should add to this with letters to elected officals , newsletters etc. Thanks Dan Davis