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Over time, says Dr. David Elliott, director of the Celiac Clinic at the University of Iowa medical center, celiac disease can lead to osteoporosis, anemia and severe weight loss. There is also an increased risk of diabetes, thyroid disease, liver disease and arthritis. Fortunately, celiac disease has become a lot easier to diagnose in the past few years, thanks to more reliable blood tests. If the results are positive, a quick biopsy of the small bowel provides a definitive verdict. The trick now, say experts, is to teach primary-care doctors to recognize the symptoms and test for the disease...
...elsewhere." But at a time when the site is already feeling the heat from insurgents like Yahoo Personals, Friendster and eHarmony, industry sources are snickering that its tactics may have given a boost to another foe. True.com really took advantage of this to generate publicity for itself," says Nate Elliott, an analyst at Jupiter Research. Guess it's too late to kiss and make up. --By Sonja Steptoe
When it was time to march to the gate, Smarty, a deep liver chestnut standing at a modest 15 hands 3 in., was dwarfed by some of the big battleship horses he would be racing against. But starting from the six spot in a 10-horse field, jockey Stewart Elliott, 39, ran a smart race that belied the horse's size...
...little-known rider, Elliott overcame demons to get this far. A back injury and weight gain when he was 19 kept him out of racing for 18 months. A recovering alcoholic, he paid a price for his habit with a year's probation after beating a friend with a pool cue. He also once assaulted a girlfriend. "I did things I'm not proud of," he has said...
...instincts and the steady hand of trainer John Servis produced something to be plenty proud of in Baltimore. Smarty broke from the gate and assumed the No. 2 position for much of the 1 3/16 mile race. At the far turn, Elliott stepped on the gas, then opened up a loping lead that looked almost too relaxed to be the blinding gallop it was. Can Smarty and Elliott do it again at the Belmont Stakes on June 5, or will they fold like Funny Cide, last year's darling, did? The man and his mount have done...