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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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Chamara Basnayake on Multidisciplinary Care for Functional GI Disorders

Patients reported superior outcomes at 1 year compared with gastroenterologist-only standard care

ASH over a photo of the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta, GA.

Clinical Challenges: Using MRD in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Management

Early indications that it could be used to guide the length of fixed-duration therapy

ASH over a photo of the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta, GA.

Clinical Challenges: Complications of CLL

Side effects of novel treatments differ from those of traditional chemotherapy

A female doctor checks in with a mature woman receiving chemotherapy treatment at an infusion center.

Clinical Challenges: Optimizing Infection Prophylaxis in AML

Approach should be three-pronged and tailored to the patient, experts say

A close up of an IV drip next to a vial of Keytruda (pembrolizumab) with an out of focus senior man in the background

First-Line Chemo Plus Immunotherapy Falls Short in Bladder Cancer

Adding pembrolizumab to cisplatin-based chemotherapy did not improve survival outcomes

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People With IBS See Silver Lining in Lockdown

Stay-at-home order tied to less external stress, easing gut-brain symptoms

ECDS Proves Mettle for Drainage in Distal Biliary Obstruction

Clinical outcomes mirror gold standard approach; stent patency may be superior

Blacks Drop More Lbs After Weight Loss Surgery, But Morbidity is an Issue

Higher odds of 30-day adverse events after gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy

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Diversity in Pancreatic Cancer Trials Lacking

White patients typically overrepresented at expense of racial, ethnic minorities

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Pandemic Drinking Took Swift Toll on the Gut, Liver

Alcohol-related inpatient consults soared, remained high even after reopening

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