Joanne Lewis is the Director of Knowledge Management, HCP Education & Outreach at Diabetes Canada. In the encore episode from season 1 she talks about diabetes and nutrition.

For people living with diabetes, kidney disease can be one of the most common complications. Better understanding of your kidney health can help you prevent or delay this complication and live a healthier life with diabetes. Dr. Andrew Advani, an endocrinologist and researcher from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, returns to the show to discuss diabetes and kidney health.

February is Heart Month. For people living with diabetes, heart disease is one of the most common complications. Dr. Erin Mulvihill is a scientist from the Ottawa Heart Institute whose research tries to better understand this connection in order to improve treatments.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for everyone, but for some people—in particular older adults—there have been some very specific reasons for concern. Add diabetes into the mix and it all gets even more complicated.

Dr. Paula Rochon, the Vice President of Research at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, tell us how COVID-19 has exacerbated inequities among older adults, in particular women, and how she’s hoping to change this trajectory.

Technology often makes our lives easier, but if you live with type 1 diabetes it can also seem really overwhelming. From insulin pumps to CGMs and even do-it-yourself solutions, there are so many new technologies that it’s hard to know how to make the right decision for you. On this episode, Dr. Michael Riddell from York University talks about the latest in technology and type 1 diabetes.