The 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was introduced as an update to the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. This update aimed to …
Vaccination has long been recognized as one of the most effective public health interventions, preventing millions of deaths and significantly reducing the incidence of infectious diseases worldwide. Despite its success, vaccine hesitancy—a reluctance or delay in accepting vaccines despite availability—remains …
The therapeutic armamentarium for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is expanding with the advent of anti–IL-23 therapies. The unique clinical profiles of new and emerging agents make it necessary that treatment decisions are guided by evolving knowledge of the science surrounding …
Individuals who are neurodivergent face disparities in quality of care, communication access, and employment, particularly nonverbal individuals and those with intellectual disabilities. Implicit bias and limited access to key services exacerbate these challenges. Executive functioning, sensory differences, and anxiety can …
Neurodiversity emphasizes diverse ways of thinking, learning, and behaving, and posits that people interact with their surroundings in many ways, with differences being strengths versus deficits. Health care professionals (HCPs) can improve outcomes for individuals who are neurodivergent by focusing …
Obesity care is an ongoing concern for clinicians and caregivers, particularly those who care for individuals in communities with limited resources and higher rates of overlapping comorbidities. Compounding these concerns are the forms of bias that can affect care for …
It is critical that health care professionals (HCPs) address disparities associated with obesity, which is strongly linked to cardiometabolic comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia – conditions that affect individuals across various populations. While increasingly effective …
The guidelines for obesity care have been changing, including approaches to diagnosis, innovative treatments and recommendations, and management strategies; however, obesity care for those in underserved communities has not kept pace. Clinicians in these communities need education: not only about …
To provide equitable obesity care, caregivers must challenge the common misperception of obesity as the result of character flaws; instead, they must recognize obesity as a chronic disease with genetic, socioeconomic, and cultural components. Implicit bias, the oftentimes subconscious misperceptions …