<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bdc4270a-b7b7-4ee3-a696-4c94179feac8/D31EE9EC-0C0C-45D9-900C-07ED3F6F6807/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/health/15patient.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss#" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/health/15patient.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss#" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/health/15patient.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss#">Celiac disease damages the lining of the small intestine, making it difficult for the body to absorb nutrients. Victims may suffer from mild to serious <A title="In-depth reference and news articles about Malnutrition." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/malnutrition/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier">malnutrition</A> and a host of health problems, including <A title="In-depth reference and news articles about Anemia." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/anemia/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier">anemia</A>, low bone density and infertility. Celiac affects one out of 100 people in the United States, but a majority of those don’t know they have the disease, said Dr. Joseph A. Murray, a gastroenterologist at the <A title="More articles about Mayo Clinic" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/m/mayo_clinic/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Mayo Clinic</A> in Minnesota who has been studying the disease for two decades. The disease can be detected by a simple blood test, followed by an <A title="In-depth reference and news articles about Endoscopy." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/test/endoscopy/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier">endoscopy</A> to check for damage to the small intestine.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/health/15patient.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss#"><P>Finally, if you itemize your tax return and your total medical expenses for the year exceed 7.5 percent of your adjusted gross income, you can write off certain expenses associated with celiac disease. You can deduct the excess cost of a gluten-free product over a comparable gluten-containing product.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D31EE9EC-0C0C-45D9-900C-07ED3F6F6807/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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