Today nominations open for the Food Blog Awards, hosted annually by the Well Fed network. You can nominate a blog for the next five days by going here ... If you've got a food blog - and I know a lot of you have! - then why not go for nomination? Categories are: 1. Best Food Blog - Chef 2. Best Food Blog - City 3. Best Blog Covering … [Read more...]
Looking for a job that will help coeliacs?
I notice that Coeliac UK is advertising for a Head of Finance at £45,000 per year. Coeliac UK is the charity that works to support coeliacs here in the UK. If you're interested, you can see the advertisement here. There's a strong view on the messageboard that there should be more coeliacs working for the society, so if that's you, and you … [Read more...]
Can Celiac Disease be cured with stem cells?
Iron Celiac points us to a medical article claiming that a stem cell transplant eliminated coeliac disease in a 12 year old girl. This kind of transplant is thought to have improved or stabilised a number of auto-immune diseases, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and Crohn's disease. She had the stem cell transplant … [Read more...]
