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

About this episode

The episode discusses type 2 diabetes remission and inadequately controlled diabetes with expert guests.

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 School of Nursing at McMaster University and lead of the McMaster Evidence Review & Synthesis Team (MERST), as well as Megan Racey , PhD, Senior Research Coordinator at MERST. Their article, "Type 2 Diabetes Remission: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Nonsurgical Randomized Controlled Trials," is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dc25-0562 22:25 Mike speaks with Vivian A. Fonseca , MD, FRCP, Assistant Dean for Clinical Research at the Tulane University School of Medicine. His article, "Inadequately Controlled Type 2 Diabetes and Hypercortisolism: Improved Glycemia With Mifepristone Treatment," is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dc25-1055 . 38:35 In the "Diabetes Care Rapid Exchange," Alice and Mike wrap up the episode by reviewing several interesting articles in the December…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alice Cheng, Michael Rickels

Guests: Diana T. Sherifali, Megan Racey, Vivian A. Fonseca

Topics covered

• type 2 diabetes
• remission
• glycemia
• research
• healthcare

Keywords

• type 2 diabetes
• remission
• glycemia
• Mifepristone
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McMaster University, Tulane University School of Medicine

Books & works: Type 2 Diabetes Remission: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Nonsurgical Randomized Controlled Trials, Inadequately Controlled Type 2 Diabetes and Hypercortisolism: Improved Glycemia With Mifepristone Treatment, Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Pediatric Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: Double Challenge for Diagnosis and Treatment

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