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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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Laparoscopic Whipple Procedure Linked to More Deadly Complications

Also, no reduction in recovery or hospitalization time versus open pancreatoduodenectomy

Genetic Profiling Disappoints for CUP Survival

But testing in cancer of unknown primary site did help with prognosis

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

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