Credit given to Dr. Fine by Dr. Fasano of Prevalence Study

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:00 am

Hi all,

My sister printed out a copy of the 2003 Archives of something or other research study of Dr. Fasano -- his biggie, the PREVALENCE STUDY for celiac disease and gluten sensitivity.

At the very end of the article, right before the footnotes or endnotes, there was a short paragraph thanking Dr. Kenneth Fine, M.D. for his contribution in helping with the design of the first prevalence study Dr. Fasano conducted.

I really think taking a copy of that research paper with that sentence highlighted to your GI's would get there attention. Then, you could tell them that Dr. Fine is the one who developed the stool testing and Enterolab.

Yours, Luce

grannyh · Post by **grannyh** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:48 pm

It has been my experience if celiac is ruled out... my GI docs didn't want to hear anything about gluten sensitivity studies... They want a name for what you have then be able to give a "proven Pill" for whatever it is and shove you out the door.. if they don't know what you have.. then they think you need a shrink...LOL
grannyh

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:27 am

Hi grannyh,

Unfortunately, this seems to be a common experience with MC'rs, doesn't it?

However, a published article of the stature of the Prevalence Study by Dr. Fasano should be good enough to get any GI's attention.

If they've never heard of the Prevalence Study by Dr. Fasano, then that's not the place you need to be. This study has greatly increased the index of suspicion in GI's and other docs since it's 2003 publication. There's no way they could've missed it, even if they've been living on the space station for the last three years. Ha!

Yours, Luce