Top in GI: Racial injustice in health care, food insecurity in IBD

Last week’s top story in gastroenterology was about the state of racial injustice in America and how the medical community should be responding to it.

Another top story was about food insecurity and a lack of social support among patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Read these and more top stories in gastroenterology below:

From words to actions to change: How medicine, academia can respond to racial injustice in America

In this editorial, Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil, director of quality improvement in gastroenterology and co-director of the Global Health Education Program at UCLA, discusses the state of racial injustice in America and how the medical and academic community should respond to it. Read more.

Food insecurity, lack of social support common in IBD

One in eight patients with inflammatory bowel disease are food insecure and lack social support, according to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Read more.

COVID-19 increased anxiety, burnout among endoscopy trainees

Two studies focused on the impact of COVID-19 on endoscopy trainees showed increased anxiety and burnout, and offered ways for trainees to continue their education. Read more.

Q&A: Zeposia may be efficacious oral therapy for UC

Zeposia (ozanimod, Bristol Myers Squibb) may be an efficacious new oral therapy option with a favorable risk-benefit profile for patients with ulcerative colitis. Read more.

Guest commentary: AHSM goes virtual for inaugural meeting

In this guest commentary, Austin Chiang, MD, MPH, director of bariatric endoscopy at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia and founder and president of the Association of Healthcare Social Media (AHSM), reviews what physicians can expect from the inaugural meeting for the AHSM, which will be taking place virtually on July 26 and August 8. Read more.