American Diabetes Association

Diabetes Care "On Air"

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Diabetes Care "On Air" is the monthly podcast of the American Diabetes Association's premier clinical research journal, Diabetes Care. In each episode, co-hosts Alice Cheng, MD, FRCPC, and Michael Rickels, MD, MS, interview key authors of editor-selected feature articles and discuss the latest research presented in Diabetes Care. The podcast is intended for diabetes researchers and specialists, endocrinologists, and other health care professionals. Join Alice and Mike as they explore the latest high-impact research and information on diabetes care, treatment, and prevention. To learn more abou...

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Rhee on CGM and mortality risk among veterans receiving dialysis with diabetes, Michels on differences in clinical manifestations and islet autoantibodies by age in adult-onset T1D, plus a "Rapid Exchange" segment 09.07.2026 44:48

Welcome to the latest episode (July 2026) 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 July 2026 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 5:10 Mike welcomes Connie M. Rhee , MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine at the...

Lutz Heinemann on the challenges and opportunities of individualizing diabetes technology, Kathleen Dungan on hyperglycemia during acute pancreatitis and the progression to early-onset diabetes, plus a classic edition of "Rapid Exchange." 02.06.2026 58:13

Welcome to the latest episode (June 2026) 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 June 2026 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 9:15 Alice welcomes Lutz Heinemann , PhD, an engineer and biologist who has...

Naveed Sattar on early, large-scale weight loss & the future of type 2 diabetes care, Laurent Azoulay on GLP-1s & the risk for optic neuropathy, plus a classic edition of "Rapid Exchange." 04.05.2026 50:07

Welcome to the latest episode (May 2026) 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 May 2026 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 4:45 Alice welcomes Naveed Sattar , MBChB, PhD, Professor of Cardiometabolic...

Anna Kahkoska & Medha Munshi on improving care for T1D in older adulthood, Jennifer Sherr on the persistent burden of severe hypoglycemia in people with T1D despite technology use, plus a classic edition of "Rapid Exchange." 02.04.2026 49:50

Welcome to the latest episode (April 2026) 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 April 2026 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 4:35 Alice welcomes Anna Kahkoska , MD, PhD, assistant professor in the D...

Findings from the 2025 IDF Diabetes Atlas with Felix Teufel, Teplizumab & Type 1 Diabetes Therapies with Chantal Mathieu, and more! 02.03.2026 1:01:45

Welcome to the latest episode (March 2026) 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 March 2026 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 5:45 Alice welcomes Felix Teufel , MD and PhD candidate in global health an...

Untold Histories of Diabetes with Vanessa Heggie, Differential Longitudinal Effects of Glucose-Lowering Medications on Glucagon and C-peptide Responses in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes with Steven Kahn, and more! 05.02.2026 44:59

Welcome to the latest episode (February 2026) 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 February 2026 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 4:00 Mike and Alice discuss a unique article from this month's issue e...

"How to Fix a Broken Healthcare System" with Seth Berkowitz, Marshall Chin, and Mariana Socal, a classic Rapid Exchange, and more! 06.01.2026 48:36

Welcome to the latest episode (January 2026) 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 January 2026 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 3:40 In a special segment, Mike and Alice are joined by three speakers f...

Diana Sherifali & Megan Racey on type 2 diabetes remission, Vivian Fonseca on inadequately controlled t2d and hypercortisolism, and more! 05.12.2025 56:03

Welcome to episode no. 40 (December 2025) 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 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 4:10 Alice is joined by Diana T. Sherifali , PhD, BScN, Professor in the...

Inês Barroso on undiagnosed G6PD deficiency in Black and Asian individuals, Kirsten Nørgaard on upper-limb complications in diabetes, and more! 06.11.2025 49:33

Welcome to episode no. 39 (November 2025) 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 November 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 3:00 Alice is joined by Inês Barroso , PhD, MSc, Professor of Diabetes at...

Carmella Evans-Molina on the heterogeneity of type 1 diabetes, Samuel Seidu with an observational study on older adults with type 2 & the risk of falls, and more! 03.10.2025 49:56

Welcome to episode no. 38 (October 2025) 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 October 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 2:11 Mike is joined by Carmella Evans-Molina , MD, PhD, the Eli Lilly Profe...

Yu Mi Kang on the PCSK9 inhibitor Evolocumab & the FOURIER Trial, Neda Rasouli with insights on semaglutide in symptomatic peripheral artery disease & the STRIDE Trial, and more! 05.09.2025 42:09

Welcome to episode no. 35 (September 2025) 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 September 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 3:05 Alice is joined by Yu Mi Kang , MD, PhD, endocrinologist at Brigha...

Special Edition: Highlights from the ADA's 2025 Scientific Sessions 15.08.2025 38:42

In this special crossover episode, recorded live at the American Diabetes Association's 85th Scientific Sessions in Chicago , the hosts of ADA's professional podcasts— Diabetes Core Update , Diabetes Care "On Air" , and DiabetesBio —come together to discuss key highlights and groundbreaking research presented at the 2025 meeting. They share expert insights across the bench-to-bedside spectrum, in...

Merlin Thomas and Mark Cooper on kidney disease, a forgotten legacy of type 1 diabetes, and classic Rapid Exchange segment 08.08.2025 34:36

Welcome to episode no. 35 (August 2025) 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 August 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 2:50 Alice is joined by professors Merlin C. Thomas and Mark E. Cooper, both...

Kenneth Cusi on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, Guido Freckmann and Stefan Pleus on glycemic metrics derived from CGMs, and more! 10.07.2025 56:34

Kenneth Cusi on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, Guido Freckmann and Stefan Pleus on glycemic metrics derived from CGMs, and more! Welcome to episode no. 34 (July 2025) 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...

Deborah Wexler on weight gain associations in the GRADE Randomized Controlled Trial, Justin Echouffo-Tcheugui on the success—or lack of success—of the lifestyle modification approach to preventing T2D, and more! 03.06.2025 58:19

Welcome to episode no. 33 (June 2025) 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 June 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 6:50 Alice is joined by past guest Deborah Wexler , MD, MSC, chief of the Massachusett...

The art of Diabetes Care, Geremia Bolli on the modern role of basal insulin in advancing T2D therapy, Michael Bowen on the derivation and validation of D-RISK, and more! 01.05.2025 1:06:25

Welcome to episode no. 32 (May 2025) 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 May 2025 issue of Diabetes Care ! and beyond. 2:30 Alice is joined by John Buse, MD, PhD , endocrinologist and Director of the Diabe...

Managing hyperglycemia in the hospital, glycemic impact of protein ingestion in T1D, and more! 01.04.2025 44:52

Welcome to episode no. 31 (April 2025) 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 April 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. Our hosts begin by highlighting some fun facts about April. Of note: it's Defeat Diab...

Financial interventions for diabetes care, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist outcomes for asian & white populations, and more! 05.03.2025 40:51

Welcome to episode no. 30 (March 2025) 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 March 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. To mark the month of Ramadan, our hosts begin by highlighting a series of practic...

Individualized care in dialysis-dependent kidney failure, lessons learned from the epidemiology of T2D in South Asians, and more! 03.02.2025 1:11:00

Welcome to episode no. 29 (February 2025) 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 February 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. Our hosts return to their usual format, interviewing authors of featured artic...

Updates to the 2025 Standards of Care, and more! 03.01.2025 49:31

Welcome to episode no. 28 (January 2025) 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 January 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. In the first episode of the new year, Mike and Alice share their New Year's res...

Treating T2D and prediabetes in youth, use of CGMs in hospital settings, the art of Diabetes Care, and more! 06.12.2024 58:06

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...

Diabetes and driving, GLP-1 medicines for type 2 diabetes and obesity, and more! 01.11.2024 44:42

Welcome to episode no. 26 (November 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 November 2024 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 0:40 In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Alice and Mike begin with a special offer f...

Preserving muscle mass with antiobesity medications, investigating the relationship between sensor-detected hypoglycemia and patient-reported hypoglycemia, and more! 11.10.2024 45:19

Welcome to episode no. 25 (October 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 October 2024 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 0:40 Alice and Mike ring in Fall with a special offer from the ADA for new and...

A celebration of the 40th anniversary of the DCCT/EDIC! Hear interviews of key figures of DCCT/EDIC past and present, including its most important participants: individuals living with diabetes. 05.09.2024 1:35:05

Welcome to episode no. 24 (September 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 September 2024 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond. 0:30 Alice and Mike begin by highlighting a special section of the Septembe...

Super Spectacular Scientific Sessions Special Episode!! The co-hosts of Diabetes Care "On Air," DiabetesBio, Diabetes Core Update, and Diabetes Day by Day get together to discuss highlights from the ADA's 2024 Scientific Sessions. 12.08.2024 54:49

Welcome to a very special, all-new episode (no. 23) of Diabetes Care " On Air ." While this podcast usually focuses exclusively on the research published in each month's issue of Diabetes Care , this unique episode focuses on the incredible scholarly content of the 84th Scientific Sessions , which took place 21 – 24 June in Orlando, FL. Diabetes Care " On Air " co-hosts Alice Cheng, MD, FRCPC, and...