October 6th 2024
Our September 2024 monthly recap in endocrinology spotlights regulatory updates, new guidelines, and the latest episodes of Diabetes Dialogue.
September 18th 2024
Diabetes Dialogue: 2022 Year in Review
December 27th 2022To commemorate the inaugural year and the success of Diabetes Dialogue in 2022, our editorial team has compiled a list of the 5 most popular episodes from the past year. Further in this article, we offer readers a look into each of our hosts top picks for episodes during 2022.
Diabetes Dialogue: December 2022
December 23rd 2022In the December 2022 episode of Diabetes Dialogue, Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, sit down to discuss recent developments in the field, with a spotlight on the Dexcom G7 CGM, key takeaways from the ADA’s Standards of Care in Diabetes—2023, and perspective from the ADCES Diabetes Technology Conference 2022.
Diabetes Dialogue: The Psychology of Diabetes Management, with Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD
December 22nd 2022In this episode of Diabetes Dialogue, Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD, takes hosts through her journey to becoming a diabetes care and education specialist, the role of psychologists in the management of pediatric diabetes, and her thoughts on the evolving role of care and education specialists in the management of diabetes.
Diabetes Dialogue: The History and Future of Diabetes Technology, with Richard Bergenstal, MD
December 21st 2022In this episode of Diabetes Dialogue, Richard Bergenstal, MD, sits down with hosts Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, to discuss the role and evolution of technology in the management of diabetes.
Despite Advances, Decades-Old Racial Disparities Persist in Glycemic Control in the US
December 20th 2022An analysis of NHANES data spanning more than 3 decades provides an overview of trends in glycemic control and severe hyperglycemia among people with diabetes using insulin, including racial and ethnic disparities.
Diabetes Dialogue: Updates in Inpatient Management of Diabetes, with Jane Jeffrie Seley, DNP, MPH
December 13th 2022In this episode of Diabetes Dialogue, Jane Jeffrie Seley, DNP, MPH, a member of the writing committee for the ADA's Standards of Care in Diabetes—2023, joins the podcast to discuss pertinent updates in the sections of the document discussing inpatient management of diabetes within the document.
How to Best Support Young Athletes with Type 1 Diabetes, with Fran Damian, MS, RN
December 10th 2022A recent survey found that most people with type 1 diabetes felt their coaches, trainers, and teachers treated them differently after learning about their diagnosis. In this column, Fran Damian, MS, RN, provides 3 simple steps to better support athletes with diabetes.
Black Patients Less Likely to be Prescribed, Have Discussions around CGMs, Insulin Pumps
November 24th 2022A Johns Hopkins-led analysis provides a snapshot of trends in racial disparities seen in both uptake of and engagement in discussions with providers around continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pumps among adults with type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes Dialogue: What Teplizumab Means for Type 1 Diabetes
November 17th 2022In this special edition episode of Diabetes Dialogue: Technology, Therapeutics, & Real-World Perspectives, hosts Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, break down what the approval of teplizumab means for type 1 diabetes. During the episode, hosts take a deep dive into type 1 diabetes staging and hypothesize around the role of CDCES in educating primary care and other specialties to optimize the potential of teplizumab.
Diabetes Dialogue: Obesity Updates, with Lydia Alexander, MD
November 14th 2022In this episode, our hosts are joined by Lydia Alexander, MD, president-elect of the Obesity Medicine Association, to discuss the updates in the landscape of obesity management as well as a deep dive into the recent American Gastroenterological Association guidelines for pharmacological management and the OMA's annual meeting.
Diabetes Dialogue: GLP-1 RA Shortage & ADA/KDIGO Recommendations
October 24th 2022In this episode of Diabetes Dialogue, hosts Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, discuss the ongoing GLP-1 RA shortage and whether or not celebrities using these agents for weight loss is a real issue in the community as well as provide insight into their top takeaways from the ADA/KDIGO consensus report.
Diabetes Dialogue: EASD 2022 and CGM News
October 13th 2022In this special edition episode of Diabetes Dialogue, our hosts break down their top clinical takeaways from the European Association for the Study of Diabetes 2022 annual meeting, new data from the FLASH-UK trial, the global launch of Dexcom G7, and the announcement of US availability for the FreeStyle Libre 3.
Diabetes Dialogue: September 2022
September 28th 2022In this regularly scheduled September 2022 episode of Diabetes Dialogue: Therapeutics, Technology, & Real-World Perspectives, hosts Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, provide their own perspective on DIY looping based on the results of a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine and also break down a new set of consensus recommendations for the use of automated insulin delivery (AID) systems in clinical practice published in Endocrine Reviews, which Isaacs helped compose as a member of the writing committee.
Diabetes Dialogue: ADCES 2022 Recap
August 24th 2022In this episode of Diabetes Dialogue, which was filmed just days after the conclusion of ADCES 22, our hosts take the time to dive deeper into the conference, their favorite sessions, and how the ADCES meetings have evolved to the changing role of diabetes care and education specialists over the years.
Omnipod 5 Receives Clearance for Use in Ages 2 and Older with Type 1 Diabetes
August 22nd 2022Announced on Aug. 22, the US FDA's clearance of the Omnipod 5 AID system in type 1 diabetes for patients aged 2 years and older comes less than 7 months after receiving clearance in patients aged 6 years and older.
Diabetes Dialogue: Updates in Diabetes Management at ADCES, with Jennifer Clements, PharmD
August 17th 2022In this edition of Diabetes Dialogue: Therapeutics, Technology, & Real-World Perspectives, which was filmed on-site at ADCES 22, hosts Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, sit down with Jennifer Clements, PharmD, following her sessions to discuss her work, her upcoming research interests, and ongoing trends in the field of diabetes management.
Diabetes Dialogue: The T1D Exchange, with David Walton
August 14th 2022In this special edition ADCES 22 episode of Diabetes Dialogue, Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, are joined by David Walton, CEO of the T1D Exchange, who takes our hosts on a deep dive into the history of the organization, what it is doing right now to improve patient care, and how it expects to grow and improve management of type 1 diabetes into the future.
Diabetes Dialogue: Exploring DiabetesWise, with Korey Hood, PhD
August 14th 2022In this special edition of Diabetes Dialogue recorded on-site at ADCES 22, our hosts are joined by Korey Hood, PhD, a staff psychologist and professor at Stanford University. Founder of DiabetesWise and DiabetesWisePro, Hood talks to Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, about his efforts and how the online resources are pushing care forward.
Diabetes Dialogue: The Race to Cure T1D
July 29th 2022For the July 2022 episode of Diabetes Dialogue: Therapeutics, Technology, and Real-World Perspectives, hosts Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, sit down to provide perspective on the latest advances in the fight to cure type 1 diabetes and offer insight into their experiences at the Practical Ways to Achieve Targets in Diabetes Care Conference held in Keystone, CO in mid-July.
Diabetes Dialogue: Prescribing Tirzepatide, Biosimilar Insulins, and Misdiagnosis of T1D
June 24th 2022In this episode, Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, discuss their experiences with prescribing tirzepatide (Mounjaro) and what issues patients have encountered, the prospect of new biosimilar insulins that may be coming to the market, and the misdiagnosis of type 1 diabetes in adult patients.
Diabetes Dialogue: Inside ADA 2022, with Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP
June 10th 2022In the fourth and final episode from ADA 2022, hosts Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, take a deep dive into the meeting from their perspectives as a clinical pharmacy specialist and a nurse practitioner, including their picks for the most exciting advances in diabetes technology to come from the year’s largest diabetes meeting.
Diabetes Dialogue: Barriers & Inequities to Care, with Jasmine Gonzalvo, PharmD
June 10th 2022In the third special edition episode of Diabetes Dialogue: Therapeutics, Technology, & Real-World Perspectives from ADA 2022, Jasmine Gonzalvo, PharmD, joins hosts Diana Isaacs, PharmD, and Natalie Bellini, DNP, to discuss prevailing barriers in diabetes management, including access to new pharmacologic agents as well as newer diabetes technologies.
Diabetes Dialogue: Frontline Perspective from ADA 2022, with Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE
June 8th 2022In our second special edition episode of Diabetes Dialogue: Therapeutics, Technology, & Real-World Perspectives from ADA 2022, hosts Drs. Diana Isaacs and Natalie Bellini are joined by Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE. Clinical director of Integrated Diabetes Services, author of multiple books, including Think Like a Pancreas: A Practical Guide to Managing Diabetes with Insulin, and former Diabetes Educator of the Year, Scheiner joins Diabetes Dialogue to provide a deep dive into the largest diabetes meeting of the year from the view of a diabetes care and education specialist.
Diabetes Dialogue: Optimizing CGM Uptake in Primary Care
June 7th 2022In the first of 4 special edition ADA 2022 episodes, hosts Drs. Diana Isaacs and Natalie Bellini take on the role of interviewers and discuss CGM uptake in primary care with Drs. Sean and Tamara Oser. Later in the episode, the pair provide perspective on their experiences with Beta Bionics's Insulin-Only Bionic Pancreas.
Diabetes Dialogue: Tirzepatide in Action & AACE 2022 Recap
May 20th 2022In this episode of Diabetes Dialogue, hosts Drs. Isaacs and Bellini take a deep dive into the tirzepatide approval, including discussions around the mechanism of action, dose titrations, and where it might fit in the upcoming ADA standards of care. Later in the episode, hosts recap their experiences from AACE 2022, which saw the release of new guidelines for NAFLD.