Health Equity

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis disproportionately affected non-Hispanic white patients, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Ethnicity was not associated with celiac disease screening in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Although patients in underrepresented groups present with worse outcomes than white patients, pancreatic cancer trials fail to represent non-white patients, according to a presentation at Digestive Diseases Week.

Christopher Lathan, MD, MS, MPH, has been appointed chief clinical access and equity officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

In a retrospective cohort study, non-English speaking patients received fewer pain assessments and fewer doses of NSAIDs and oxycodone therapeutic equivalents after a cesarean delivery, according to researchers.

The FDA announced it is working toward issuing product standards within the next year to ban menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and ban all flavors, including menthol.

In this episode, VK Gadi, MD, PhD, discusses his path to oncology, the importance of positively disrupting the health care system and how innovation can change the traditional model of health care.

COVID-19 led to increased implementation and use of telehealth; however, with conditions improving, Eric Wallace, MD, asked the question: What about telehealth do we keep and how can we redesign health care with the patient in mind?

Anne H. Blaes, MD, MS, told Healio that the inaugural Cancer Center Survivorship Research Forum is designed to address care needs for the growing number of cancer survivors within both the U.S. and internationally.

From an early age, Anne L. Peters, MD, professor of clinical medicine at Keck School of Medicine of , knew she wanted to be a physician.