Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 25 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals.

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

This issue will review:

1.     Initiation of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Is Linked to Improved Glycemic Control and Fewer Clinical Events in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes   

2.     Trends in the Prevalence of Lean Diabetes Among U.S. Adults, 2015–2020

3.    Vitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes

4.     Low-Carbohydrate Diet Scores and Mortality Among Adults With Incident Type 2 Diabetes

5.     Trends in baseline HbA1c and body-mass index in randomized placebo-controlled trials of type 2 diabetes from 1987 to 2022

6.     Disentangling the role of marital status and quality on average glycemic levels among adults 50 years and older

For more information about each of ADA’s science and medical journals, please visit www.diabetesjournals.org.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

John J. Russell, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Chair-Department of Family Medicine, Abington Jefferson Health

In this special episode on Low and No Calorie Sweeteners,  our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss with two experts the safety, efficacy and practical applications of Low and No Calorie Sweeteners.  

This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant  from Heartland Food Group, the maker of the Splenda Group of Products.  For more information just go to: www.splenda.com .

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Hope Warshaw RD, CDE, BC-ADM, registered dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. She is a past president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators and secretary of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation board.

Katherine Appleton, PhD,  Professor of Psychology at Bournemouth University. Dr. Appleton has published widely in the area of eating behavior, health, and well-being.  Important to today’s topic, she was a co-author on a systematic review and meta-analyses of intervention studies on the effects of low-calorie sweeteners on energy intake and body weight, published in the International Journal of Obesity in 2021.

In this special episode on Time in Range: Medication Management,  Dr. Joshua Neumiller joins our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik to discuss the ADA/EASD 2022 algorithm for selection of medications for hyperglycemic management and the effect of those medications on time in range.  This special episode is supported by independent educational grants from Abbot and LifeScan.

Presented by:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

Dr. Joshua Neumiller, Vice Chair & Allen I. White Distinguished Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy at the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Washington State University

For more information about CGM and Time in Range, please go to: www.professional.diabetes.org/timeinrange