Re: Caleb ' new update/celiac disease+ Scotland Yard!/resp.

[Guest guest]

Meg, it is Ironic that the Irish have so high a carrier rate of cf,

approximatel 1 to

7 or 8! and so high a rate of celiac disease. The English have a very high

rate of celiac disease as well. There was a great scandal about ten years

ago when it

was discovered that people whose celiac disease was not completely controlled

gradually lost their fingerprints! (who knows why?) Scotland Yard went into

a

panic at the thought of this allegedly large number of citizens without

traceable

fingerprints, and the London Times, I believe ran the story. I saw the story

on

PBS here and nearly died laughing. But then, I don't have celiace disease,

and

I don't live in England under the survance of Scotland Yard. I can't find my

notes

on it then; I did send a letter to my middle daughter about it, but she no

longer

has the letter (how odd!), so I can't just pull up a web page for you all or

anything,

but thought it was entertaining--and clear proof that celiac patients should

defini-

tely be compliant with the diet. Best I can do after a wild day,

n Rojas