Diabetes Canada Podcast

Dr. Jan Hux, President, Diabetes Canada, discusses how population impact can make an enormous difference in the lives of people living with diabetes. 

Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, recently spoke at our 2017 Professional Conference in Edmonton. She joins us on the podcast to talk about type 2 diabetes prevention, the role communities play in our overall health and much more.

What’s it like to live with type 2 diabetes? Diabetes Canada advocate and National Diabetes Trust board member Ram Krishna shares his personal experience and how he has learned the value of self-management.   Want to find out your risk of developing type 2 diabetes? Visit DiabetesTest.ca and take a quick risk assessment.

Dr. Michael Riddell is a professor at York University in Toronto who specializes in exercise and type 1 diabetes. He’s also the author of Getting Pumped! A diabetes and exercise guide for active individuals with type 1 diabetes. Today, he talks about the importance of exercise for those with diabetes and his work to determine how best to manage blood sugars with physical fitness.   For more information on diabetes visit diabetes.ca and to learn more about Dr. Riddell’s book visit gettingpumped.org

Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta is an associate professor of Medicine at McGill University and an attending physician at the McGill University Health Centre. She has worked on numerous research projects funded by Diabetes Canada and on this episode discusses two of them – diabetes stigma in people with type 1 diabetes and how the spouse of a woman with gestational diabetes may be at higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Dr. Dasgupta’s research takes a look at some unique areas of diabetes and deepens our understanding of the people who live with this disease. For more information on diabetes, visit diabetes.ca. To donate to support research like Dr. Dasgupta’s visit diabetes.ca/donate.

Dr. Daniel J. Drucker is renowned worldwide for his work in diabetes research, including his role in the development of two new classes of therapies for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Dr. Drucker is a plenary speaker at this year’s 20th annual Diabetes Canada/Canadian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism Professional Conference. On today’s episode, he discusses his career, highlights of his presentation and shares insights into diabetes research in Canada.   For more information on the Diabetes Canada/CSEM Professional Conference visit diabetes.ca/professionalconference.

This fall, Diabetes Canada is raising awareness about type 2 diabetes prevention by sharing information about the risk factors you need to know. This episode features an interview with endocrinologist and researcher Dr. Harpreet Bajaj, who looks at prevention of type 2 diabetes and its complications as well as diabetes and ethnicity.   Visit DiabetesTest.ca and take a quick type 2 diabetes risk assessment.

What is diabetes stigma and how does it impact the lives of people living with the disease? Dr. Jan Hux, chief science officer at Diabetes Canada, looks at this issue and how it impacts the lives of people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. How does stigma affect the work, school and personal lives of people living with diabetes and what can we do to change perceptions and ease the mental health burden caused by this type of stigma?

Diabetes Canada funds millions of dollars in research every year towards improved diabetes treatments and, one day, a cure. In today’s episode, Toronto’s Dr. Bruce A. Perkins of the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital discusses what it’s like to be a diabetes researcher and endocrinologist while living with type 1 diabetes. He also explains his work in the areas of diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage), diabetic kidney disease and strategies to help improve blood sugar control, which includes the working on the artificial pancreas.

Diabetes Canada’s president and CEO, Rick Blickstead, shares his thoughts on changing from the Canadian Diabetes Association to Diabetes Canada and how the organization is fighting the diabetes epidemic in Canada through its movement to end diabetes.