Health Equity

SEATTLE — More effort is needed to include health equity information in systematic reviews and meta-analyses on geographic atrophy, according to a poster presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting.

In a Healio video exclusive, Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, highlighted that the first step in building an LGBTQ-friendly gastroenterology practice starts with “just normalizing it.”

The LGBTQIA+ community has long-endured decades of stigma and discrimination.

According to a 2021 Gallup poll, 7.1% of the U.S. population reported identifying as LGBTQIA+ — “nearly double” the percentage in 2012 — including one in five Generation Z adults.

Zimmer Biomet and RevelAi Health announced a multi-year co-marketing agreement for generative AI-powered value-based care and health equity solutions, according to a company press release.

As the first-ever Black female president of the Association of Cancer Care Centers, Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MPH, understands the impact she will have on the next generation to come.

There is a wide capacity for clinical research in India. We have a large, diverse population, large urban hospitals and well-trained specialists. However, for multiple reasons, this capacity is not fully exploited.

I have shared my thoughts on diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice in the U.S. regarding racial distribution in ophthalmology in three prior Lindstrom’s Perspectives.

Due to a complex interplay of genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors, as well as access to health care, the burden for advanced eye disease is highest among racial and ethnic minority groups.

When Robert A. Winn, MD, learned he’d receive the Allen Lichter Visionary Leader Award at this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting, he reacted in the form of a question: “What just happened?”