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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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Switch From Biosimilar to Originator Infliximab Safe in IBD

No significant changes in clinical remission, trough levels, or antidrug antibody status

V600K-Mutant Melanoma May Merit First-Line Immunotherapy

Higher mutational load is less responsive to targeted therapy with BRAF/MEK inhibition

MRI Proving Cost-Effective for Tracking Liver Fat

But it's not ready to replace biopsy for assessing advanced disease

Antidepressants Improve Disease Course in IBD

Tied to lower risk of relapse, step-up medications, and IBD-related hospitalizations

Abrilumab Induces Remission and Healing in UC

Eight weeks of anti-integrin biologic yielded three times the remission rate of placebo

Group Hypnotherapy Helps IBS Patients

As effective as individual treatment in reducing perception of symptoms

Pouch Creation a Winner After Total Gastrectomy

Meta-analysis reports better long-term functional outcomes, no greater perioperative morbidity

Deaths from Non-Obesity-Related Cancers Higher in T2D

Even in some obesity-related malignancies, high BMI was inversely tied to cancer death

Rifaximin Chaser May Cut CDI Relapse

Pooled data from two RCTs suggested 50% drop in recurrence after standard antibiotics

High-Dose Loop Diuretics Reduced Survival in Cirrhosis

Faster muscle depletion and more deaths

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