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"So long"? This was about four years from initial study to publication in popular press of the followup study. The polywater error was nearly a decade; it oft
by randallsquared 10y ago
"So long"?
This was about four years from initial study to publication in popular press of the followup study. The polywater error was nearly a decade; it often takes quite a while to fund and perform followup studies.
- amelius 10y agoI could be wrong, but I have friends who have been diagnosed to be "gluten sensitive" more than about five years ago. How would that be possible, given that it takes time for a study to enter clinical practice?
- gus_massa 10y agoDid they have an official diagnostic made by a medic or it was a self diagnostic? Did the medic do any lab test or only a questionary of self reported symptoms?
- amelius 10y agoI'm not sure, but it sounded like they visited a MD.
- ptaipale 10y agoI would think your friends have been diagnosed with coeliac disease, which has been known since 19th century and for which the mechanism was found in 1950's. The gluten sensitivity mentioned in this article is a different disorder.
- randallsquared 10y agoHow long it takes depends on the doctor. An ex of mine was talking about gluten sensitivity in 2005, but none of the docs she visited would admit to such a thing being possible (correctly, it now seems). According to this article, the original study that gave credence to such claims was done in 2011, and the more complete followup that removed that was presumably 2015 (since this article itself is dated then). A diagnosis in 2012 would have been hip, but not necessarily before the publication of the initial study.