Mary Beth alerted me to the fact that the Mayo Clinic has released a "White Paper" describing their updated recommendations for diagnosing celiac disease. The local CSA sent a copy to her, and she sent a copy to me.
Since it's titled, "Update on Celiac Disease: New Standards and New Tests", I eagerly read it, expecting to see some worthwhile changes in their position on diagnosing and treating the disease, and possibly an acknowledgment of non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Silly me - there's nothing in it of any significance - it's the same old narrow-minded view of the disease that they've always had. Why they bothered to pretend that they were issuing some sort of newsworthy announcement, is beyond me. I suppose they feel as though they need to present an image suggesting that they are making progress, (even though they obviously aren't making enough progress to be worth mentioning).
Not wishing to be accused of plagiarism, I can't copy their "White Paper" here, and I can't find a copy of it available for viewing on the web, (it seems strange that they haven't posted a copy - why wouldn't they post it?), but you can request a copy from their website, if you wish, (I suppose requiring people to specifically request a copy makes them feel as though it is somehow more important - or maybe they're just collecting contact information on people, to sell for advertising purposes
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http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/ ... -form.html
Anyway, as you can gather by reading this, I was very disappointed, (as was Mary Beth, I assume), that they would go to the trouble of issuing a "White Paper", updating their position on celiac disease, which doesn't appear to even suggest that they are making any significant progress in their handling of the disease. The average length of time to get a diagnosis of celiac disease in this country, is still 10 years. Of course, that shows a slight amount of progress, because about 10 years ago, the average time for a correct diagnosis was still listed at 13 years.
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I was trying to figure out why they would continue to publish "White Paper Updates", that weren't really updates, every couple of years, (their last "update" was in 2008). Clearly, it's just propaganda, aimed at trying to defeat the valiant efforts of a few radical doctors out there who are actually trying to bring some sanity to the treatment of celiac disease. It's a preemptive strike, designed to reinforce their stonewalling efforts to maintain the status quo.