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Diana Swift

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Diana Swift

Diana Swift is a freelance medical journalist based in Toronto. She has been a medical writer, editor and consumer health editor since 1988.

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Initial GI Symptoms Independently Tied to Poor COVID-19 Outcomes

Separate study finds diarrhea as a presenting symptom portended worse disease

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Kiwifruit Better Tolerated Than Prunes or Psyllium for Chronic Constipation

Kiwi tied to fewer adverse events and greater patient satisfaction

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More Data Tie Biologics to Fewer Colectomies in Ulcerative Colitis

Temporal trends analysis found reduction coincided with linear increase in prevalence of biologic medication

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Anal Cancer on the Rise in U.S., Especially in Women

Whites also had a higher risk than Blacks for HPV-linked disease

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FIT Could Accurately Rule Out CRC in Symptomatic Patients

Outperforms symptoms in sensitivity and equals colonoscopy at 2 碌g/g hemoglobin cutoff

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Viral Co-Infections With C. Diff Add Insult to Injury

Norovirus a common accompaniment

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Surprise Billing Seen Likely for Many Colonoscopies

And would be illegal for uncomplicated procedures

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With H. Pylori, Higher-Dose PPIs May Promote Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia

Retrospective Israeli study comes with many caveats, however

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New Anemia Linked to Crohn鈥檚 Disease but Not Ulcerative Colitis Risk

Anemia seen as promising surrogate marker for preclinical CD, especially in men

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Another Presenting Sign of COVID-19

Findings support adding to the list of GI manifestations of the disease, researchers say

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