Diana Swift

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Neighborhood Determinants of Health Adversely Impact MASLD

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: July 15, 2025

Study found most disadvantaged neighborhoods linked to liver disease and other comorbidities.

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Endoscopic Lifting Agents: AGA Issues New Clinical Practice Update

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: July 11, 2025

The commentary reviews available agents and provides clinically relevant commentary on their indications and use.

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FDA Issues Early Alert for Medtronic pH-Monitoring Capsules

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: July 10, 2025

Medtronic has reported 33 serious injuries but no deaths associated with the devices.

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Sclerosing Mesenteritis: What GIs Need to Know About This Rare Disease

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: July 7, 2025

The changes in the new update are intended to help clinicians predict disease activity and the need for other testing or treatment.

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Video Capsule Endoscopy Aids Targeted Treatment in Quiescent Crohn’s

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: June 13, 2025

Randomized trial found superior outcomes with VCE-video capsule treatment for versus standard care.

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MASH Driving Global Epidemic of Primary Liver Cancer

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: June 11, 2025

The burden of MASH-associated primary liver cancer is rising rapidly while the incidence of PLC from viral hepatitis is declining.

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Less Invasive Screening May Identify Barrett’s Esophagus Earlier

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: June 10, 2025

New combination modality showed strong sensitivity with endoscopy in at-risk veterans screened for Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinom...

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Less Invasive Screening May Identify Barrett’s Esophagus Earlier

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: June 10, 2025

Minimally invasive approaches to screening patients for Barrett’s esophagus may reduce patient anxiety and increase screening rates.

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Intestinal Ultrasound Shows Promise in Prognosis of Early Crohn’s Disease

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: June 5, 2025

While IUS is increasingly recognized for monitoring Crohn’s disease, little is known about its prognostic value early in the disease course.

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Semaglutide Therapy Improves Liver Histology in MASH

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: May 13, 2025

The histologic benefits of semaglutide emerged in improvements on all prespecified noninvasive tests.

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Histamine Pathway a Target for Erythropoietic Protoporphyria?

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: May 12, 2025

Zebrafish study found first-generation H-1 blocker chlorcyclizine reduced liver-toxic buildup of protoporphyrin IX.

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IgG-Guided Elimination Diet Beats Sham Diet for IBS Pain

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: May 12, 2025

Subgroup analysis suggested more robust benefit for patients with constipation-predominant IBS and IBS with mixed bowel habits.

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New Fecal Product Expected to Enhance Microbiome Research

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: May 1, 2025

Human Fecal Material RM is expected to speed up GI therapeutics since many microbiome-based drugs are inspired by fecal transplants with human...

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Computer-Aided Colonoscopy Not Ready for Prime Time: AGA Clinical Practice Guideline

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: April 21, 2025

The living guideline underscores the trade-off between desirable and undesirable effects and the limitations of current evidence to support a recom...

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Intermittent Fasting Outperforms Daily Calorie Cutting for Weight Loss

Author:: Diana Swift

Publish date: April 10, 2025

Alternative patterns for restricting dietary energy intake are gaining attention owing to the difficulty of adhering to a reduced-calorie diet dail...