Welcome to episode no. 27 (December 2024) of Diabetes Care “On Air”—a new and different way to bring the research published in Diabetes Care to life. Join co-hosts Alice Cheng, MD, FRCPC, and Michael Rickels, MD, MS, as they discuss the latest and greatest content in the December 2024 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond.

0:40 2024 was a big year for diabetes research. With the year coming to a close, Mike and Alice discuss the highlights, including studies on the automated use of insulin during pregnancy and the arrival of weekly basal insulin.

2:00 Alice is joined by Fida Bacha, pediatric endocrinologist, professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas to discuss her study, “Pathophysiology and Treatment of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in Youth.” The article is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dci24-0029.

19:40 Mike dives into a study entitled “Consensus Considerations and Good Practice Points for Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems in Hospital Settings.” He is joined by authors Julie Shaw, head of the Division of Biochemistry and associate professor at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Jane Seley, clinical assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, and Rebecca Longo, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts campus in Burlington. The article is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dci24-0073.

39:20 In a special segment, Alice interviews the artist behind this month’s Diabetes Care cover. Hannah Wesley is a dentist, epidemiologist, and public health scientist at the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation in Chennai, India. Wesley’s artist profile is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dci24-0088.

46:15 In the “Diabetes Care Rapid Exchange,” Alice and Mike wrap up the episode by reviewing several interesting articles in the December 2024 issue of Diabetes Care. Studies highlighted in this segment include:

• Berlanda et al. Impact of Syringe and Needle Reuse on the Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A 12-Week Randomized Clinical Trial doi.org/10.2337/dc24-0157
• Sun et al. Association of Insulin Resistance With Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in Type 1 Diabetes: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis doi.org/10.2337/dc24-0475
• Lee et al. Efficacy and Feasibility of Intradialytic Plantar Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Diabetes: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial doi.org/10.2337/dc24-0928
• Chaput et al. Sleep Irregularity and the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: A Device-Based Prospective Study in Adults doi.org/10.2337/dc24-1208
• Gao et al. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Safety and Efficacy of Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Use in Hospitalized Patients doi.org/10.2337/dc24-0946
• Renard et al. Efficacy and Safety of a Tubeless AID System Compared With Pump Therapy With CGM in the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes in Adults With Suboptimal Glycemia: A Randomized, Parallel-Group Clinical Trial doi.org/10.2337/dc24-1550

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