Diabetes Core Update – May 2024

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.

Welcome to diabetes core update where every month we go over the most important articles to come out in the field of diabetes. Articles that are important for practicing clinicians to understand to stay up with the rapid changes in the field. 

This issue will review:

1.     Loneliness and the risk of type 2 diabetes

2.     Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events

3.     Tirzepatide vs Insulin Glargine by BMI

4.     Influence of a diet and/or exercise intervention on long-term mortality and vascular complications in people with impaired glucose tolerance

5.     Timing of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, mortality, cardiovascular disease, and microvascular disease in adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes

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

Hosts:

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