People with digestive disorders are prone to malnutrition because their bowels may not absorb the nutrients they need to be fully nourished. But there are other issues with celiac disease, researchers have found, issues such as antibodies forming that attack a protein responsible for bone health.

A study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has found that 20% of a study group of patients with celiac disease had this antibody. Researchers are looking at using medications that prevent bone loss in patients who may be identified as being at risk by checking for this hormone.

You can read more about the study in the link listed above.

For more information on celiac disease:

• More Women Suffer from Celiac Disease
• Celiac Disease Becoming More Common
• Celiac Disease on the Rise

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The results: Compared to standard therapy of feeding milk-based porridge, higher recovery rates were obtained using RUTF.

Of the 2,131 severely malnourished children treated with the RUTF at home, 89 percent recovered. Of the 806 moderately malnourished children treated with the RUTF, 85 percent recovered.

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