Diabetes Discourse

Exercise is essential for controlling blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes but benefits also present a set of unique challenges to athletes. What are the concerns medical professionals should be aware of and monitor for their athletes living with diabetes? Join guest host Janice Baker and Sally Hara, certified specialist in sports dietetics, as they discuss prescribing exercise regimens for the diabetic athletes.

Universal guidelines in screening, diagnosis and early treatment for diabetes and pregnancy are presenting opportunities for the physician and patient to better manage their diabetes and the health of the newborn babies. What are the standards and what is the clinical relevance? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, chief scientific officer of the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, Dr. Lois Jovanovic, as they discuss the need to screen all pregnant women for diabetes.

There are many challenges in overall diabetes management relative to a patients' mindful integration of food and behavior. What do healthcare professionals need to know to help their patients with diabetes better manage diet, stress and physical activity? Join guest host Janice Baker, CDE, RD and her guest, president and founder of "After The Diet" network, Monika Woolsey, RD, as they discuss the biochemistry and appetite regulation of diabetes and diet.

There are many challenges in overall diabetes management relative to a patients' mindful integration of food and behavior. What do healthcare professionals need to know to help their patients with diabetes better manage diet, stress and physical activity? Join guest host Janice Baker, CDE, RD and her guest, president and founder of "After The Diet" network, Monika Woolsey, RD, as they discuss the biochemistry and appetite regulation of diabetes and diet.

Stress is an integral element in the management of diabetes. What are key questions healthcare professionals can ask of their patients dealing with diabetes-related stress? Join guest host Janice Baker, CDE, RD and her guest, founder of the Behavioral Diabetes Institute, Dr. William Polonsky, as they discuss the basics of stress and diabetes and we can better help our patients living with diabetes.

The recent American Diabetes Association / European Association for the Study of Diabetes consensus panel produced their treatment algorithm to control glycaemia in type 2 diabetes. How can healthcare professionals treating patients with type 2 diabetes provide additional prandial intervention to reach A1c targets? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Dr. John Buse, as they discuss the results of the glargine-exenatide combination study and its implications for a preferred treatment algorithm.

Can immune intervention stop the disease process of type 1 diabetes? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, professor of medicine, pediatrics and psychology at the University of Miami, Dr. Jay Skyler, as they discuss the diagnosis, screening, testing and current immunotherapy research for the prevention and intervention of type 1 diabetes.

Can immune intervention stop the disease process of type 1 diabetes? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, professor of medicine, pediatrics and psychology at the University of Miami, Dr. Jay Skyler, as they discuss the diagnosis, screening, testing and current immunotherapy research for the prevention and intervention of type 1 diabetes.

When should healthcare professionals treating patients with type 2 diabetes consider using insulin or incretin treatment or both? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, president-elect of the American Diabetes Association and professor of medicine at Tulane University, Dr. Vivian Fonseca, as they discuss comparative and contrasting effects of both insulin and incretin treatment, the incretin effect and the clinical efficacy and safety of incretin-based therapies.

Diabetes research is the cornerstone for new opportunities in the treatment of patients living with diabetes. How will the newly formed Pediatric Diabetes Research Center serve this goal? Join guest host, certified diabetes educator Janice Baker and Dr. Alberto Hayek, professor of pediatrics and co-director of the UC San Diego's Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, as they discuss the need for collaboration in both biochemistry, molecular and cell-based therapies for the treatment of diabetes.