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California-based Van's International Foods says it is recalling its frozen Wheat Free Homestyle pancakes because they inadvertently contain gluten. The 12.4-ounce packages of Homestyle pancakes also contain milk and egg, which pose a risk to some people with food allergies, the company said in a release Friday from its Vernon, Calif., headquarters. The pancakes come in a beige package with an orange stripe on the top and a triangular blue gluten-free icon in the upper right corner. The lot...

CHICAGO, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- AllergyFree Passport(R) and GlutenFree Passport(R), internationally acclaimed health education firms, today launched the iEatOut Gluten & Allergen Free(TM) application. iPhone(TM) and iPod(R) touch users can now experience instant access to safe eating out around the corner from their homes or around the world. Individuals, families, friends and restaurants learn what is safe to eat as well as how foods are prepared - all discreetly and easily at their...

A landmark study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the first to reveal a new syndrome in children that presents with a combination of allergy, apraxia and malabsorption. Autism spectrum disorders were variably present. Verbal apraxia has until now been understood to be a neurologically based speech disorder, although hints of other neurological soft signs have been described. The new study, led by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland scientist and...

A digestive disease caused by an immune response to gluten in wheat, barely, or rye is not only growing in prevalence, but leading to a higher rate of death for people who have it but don't know it.Those are the key findings from Mayo Clinic researchers who tested blood samples collected at an Air Force base in Wyoming in the late 1940s and early 1950s for celiac disease, then compared the results to blood tests for people today who were the same age as those in the earlier sample and those...

Celiac disease, an immune system reaction to gluten in the diet, is more than four times more common today than it was 50 years ago, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Joseph Murray of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., also found that subjects who did not know they had celiac disease were nearly four times more likely than celiac-free subjects to have died during the 45 years of follow-up. Celiac disease has become much more common in the last 50 years, and we don't know why, Murray said in a...

Undiagnosed celiac disease associated with nearly quadrupled mortality Celiac disease, (http://www.mayoclinic.org/celiac-disease/) an immune system reaction to gluten in the diet, is over four times more common today than it was 50 years ago, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic study published this month in the journal Gastroenterology (http://www.gastrojournal.org/).The study also found that subjects who did not know they had celiac disease were nearly four times more likely than...

SAN DIEGO, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, today announced the launch of MyCeliacID(TM), the first do it yourself, saliva-based genetic test dedicated to celiac disease. MyCeliacID identifies distinct genetic sequences associated with celiac disease, a largely undiagnosed genetic disorder that affects approximately 3 million people in the United States. MyCeliacID is the saliva-based version of a blood test used by...

The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck is denying a Boston author's claims she plagiarized her book about coping with the autoimmune disorder Celiac disease. Susan Hassett reportedly is suing Hasselbeck, who suffers from the Gluten-related disease, for copyright infringement. Hassett alleges Hasselbeck's book The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide, which hit bookstores last month, draws heavily on her guide Living with Celiac Disease. Hassett said she sent Hasselbeck a copy of her...

ORLANDO, Fla., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Chia Seed Flour is the buzz when it comes to gluten-free baking and alternatives to highly processed wheat flour. Chia Seed Flour is made from the tiny chia seeds. The chia seed was the super food of the Aztec warriors. It is the most nutritious grain available today. Now, thanks to some clever nutritionist and Nuchia Foods Corporation, Chia Seed Flour is once again available for dinner tables everywhere. It is an excellent source of omega-3 and...

BOSTON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Uno Chicago Grill(R) (www.unos.com) will host a national Dough Rai$er beginning May 25 through 31 to benefit the American Celiac Disease Alliance (www.americanceliac.org) in support of National Celiac Awareness Month in May. "Getting families to eat out during May, and supporting establishments which are serving their needs is a major goal for us," said Andrea Levario, executive director, American Celiac Disease Alliance. Celiac disease is a digestive...