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Gluten-Free Grains: Safety vs. Contamination
On the gluten-free diet you can eat many grains, flours, and starches, including: Corn, Rice, Sorghum, Millet, Teff, Wild rice, Amaranth, Buckwheat, Quinoa, Soy, Tapioca, and Arrowroot. These grains, flours, and starches are naturally gluten-free. They do not by nature contain harmful protein. But these grains, flours, and starches may be contaminated with gluten from wheat, barley, and rye,
Happy Mother’s Day!
Our typical Mother’s Day celebrations have been affected by COVID-19, but there are still ways to keep the day special for moms. Here are a few suggestions.
Constipation
Constipation or difficulty with having a bowel movement is common in people with celiac disease, both before diagnosis and after starting the gluten-free diet. Symptoms of constipation can include bowel movements that do not occur very often (fewer than three bowel movements per week), straining, and hard stools
Simple Label Reading
Read the label of all the foods you buy. Look for "gluten-free" on the label. If a food is labeled gluten-free you may eat it. If a food is not labeled gluten-free you must read the ingredients list.
About TVO
The mission of the Technology Ventures Office (TVO) is to promote public utilization of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) technologies for society’s use and benefit and to foster alliances with industry through collaboration and licensing agreements, while generating unrestricted income to support research at our institution.
Pre-Admission Testing (PAT)
BIDMC's Pre-Admission Testing (PAT) Center prepares patients for before, during, and after their surgery, ensuring their best medical condition. Learn more.
Agress Summer Health Corps
BIDMC's Agress Summer Health Corps Program gives high school students educational experience in various hospital careers. Learn more about the program.
Week Two: Eating Less
There’s no getting around it: to lose weight, you’ve got to eat less. We are only going to focus on this first step of eating less for the time being. Any time you learn a new skill, it’s much easier and more effective to break it down into manageable pieces. Learn more about the steps to losing weight at BIDMC in Boston.
Fall is Flu Season
It’s that time of year again, and you may already have gotten information from your pediatrician’s office about the flu vaccine. The discussion around vaccinations is an important one to have with your pediatrician, and this blog is not a commentary on vaccinations, it’s more a discussion about trying to avoid exposure to germs when your baby seems to be a magnet that everyone wants to touch.
Oncology Support Groups
BIDMC offers cancer support groups to help patients find understanding, information and support. Learn more about these groups and how to join.
Single with breast cancer
Facing breast cancer without a partner has its own unique challenges (such as dating). If you're single, here are resources to help you during your cancer journey.
Study highlights potential need to standardize quality measurement for cardiovascular care
In a new study, a team of BIDMC researchers evaluate how hospitals awarded for high quality cardiovascular care by the AHA/ACC performed under federal value-based programs.
Uncertainty and No Promises
In this Living with Cancer blog, we discuss the topic of long-term uncertainty for cancer survivors, and share some tools to help cope with that uncertainty.