Just three weeks into flu season, officials say the H1N1 flu has become widespread in 46 of the 50 U.S. states, a level comparable to the peak of ordinary flu seasons, which usually occurs sometime between late November and early March. Children and young adults seem most vulnerable to the virus, opposed to seasonal [...]

Most Americans don’t stop to find out if their favorite pizza or that yummy chocolate chip cookie contains a type of protein called gluten, but for someone with celiac disease (CD), it is a big concern. When a person who has CD eats foods containing gluten, their immune system responds by attacking the small [...]