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Celiac Awareness Day
The first annual Celiac Disease Awareness Day Resolution was passed in 2006 by the United States Senate (S.Res. 563). This bill, sponsored by Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma and co-sponsored by Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, made September 13, 2006 national Celiac Disease Awareness Day. September 13 is the date of Samuel Gee’s birthday. Samuel Gee, credited with being the first person to find a link between celiac disease and diet, once said “if the patient can be cured at all, it must be by means of diet.” CSA encourages everyone to contact their U.S. Senators to again support a new resolution which will help to increase national awareness of celiac disease. |
Samuel Gee
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