Five experts will review critical lessons from two decades of surveillance and observational research into youth-onset diabetes during a two-hour virtual symposium at the Scientific Sessions. The expert presenters, including symposium chair Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD, are key participants in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, a national multi-center study with centers in California,…

William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDE, ADA’s 2020 Outstanding Educator in Diabetes, told viewers of his Scientific Sessions award lecture that he would attempt to discuss boredom without being boring. “I’m not sure I can pull it off,” he said. But based on comments from virtual attendees, not only did he pull it off, he also…

The Restoring Insulin Secretion (RISE) Study, which tested interventions designed to preserve or improve beta-cell function in prediabetes and early type 2 diabetes, offers important insight into differences between adults and youth in the onset and progression of type 2 diabetes. Given the differences in the two populations, investigators like Kristen Nadeau, MD, MS, are…

At any time, up to half of men with diabetes may be experiencing erectile dysfunction (ED), according to Aruna V. Sarma, PhD, MHA. Dr. Sarma and Deepak K. Jumani, MBBS, FCGP, discussed ED and male sexual dysfunction in diabetes patients during a Scientific Sessions mini-symposium.

During a Current Issues debate at the Virtual 80th Scientific Sessions, four experts examined whether distinguishing between primary and secondary prevention strategies can improve cardiovascular disease outcomes for diabetes patients. Milton Packer, MD, and Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, debated the need to distinguish between prevention strategies for heart failure complications.

Bariatric surgery helps patients lose weight and improves insulin sensitivity, but follow-up and postoperative management are critical for enduring success and overall health, according to the five experts who presented a virtual symposium on bariatric surgery during the Scientific Sessions. Michael Roden, MD, chaired the symposium and discussed metabolism remodeling following bariatric surgery.

Countries around the world—from the Americas to Europe to Southeast Asia and beyond—have instituted taxes aimed at curbing the consumption of sugary beverages as part of a larger effort to combat the negative health outcomes associated with high sugar consumption. A panel of health policy researchers, including Rafael Meza, PhD, reported on the effects of…

Richard I.G. Holt, PhD, FRCP, and Anne L. Peters, MD, and their writing team will summarize the key topics addressed by this trans-Atlantic collaboration.

Veterans and active-duty military personnel with diabetes can now receive self-management education in a simulated environment.

In 1921, the discovery of insulin transformed type 1 diabetes from a death sentence. Peter Arvan, MD, PhD, and Michael A. Weiss, MD, PhD, MBA, will explore the ramifications of this critical inflection point in medicine.