This episode’s guest is Ryan Hooey who is a Program Lead for the Come to Work Program at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), as well as a person living with type 1 diabetes. He shares his personal experience as someone living with diabetes and sight loss, including his work to make diabetes technology more accessible for everyone. Visit CNIB.ca for more information on sight loss.

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Diabetes 360: Season 6, Episode 3

If you live with diabetes, your bone health may also be affected. Do you know the signs to look for? Today’s guest is Dr. Claudia Gagnon. She is a clinician scientist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Universite Laval. Dr. Gagnon’s work looks at the impact of obesity and diabetes on bone health.

Diabetes 360: Season 6, Episode 2

On our latest episode, Dr. Jennifer Estall discusses her work looking at molecular changes in diabetes and how they might help in better understanding the condition and developing new therapies. Dr. Estall is Director, Molecular Mechanisms of Diabetes Research Unit at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and an Adjunct Professor in the department of Experimental Medicine, Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University in Montreal. She was also the 2020 winner of the Diabetes Canada Young Scientist of the Year Award.

Diabetes 360: Season 6, Episode 1

Hormones in the intestine have proven to play an important role in managing type 2 diabetes, as well as regulating growth and function of the beta cell and the intestinal tract. But what does all of that mean for those living with the condition? On this episode Dr. Patricia Brubaker discusses her work with glucagon-like peptides. Dr. Brubaker is a Professor in the department of Physiology at the University of Toronto and a Canada Research Chair in Vascular and Metabolic Biology. She is also the 2020 winner of the Diabetes Canada Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution to diabetes research.

Diabetes 360: Season 5, Episode 9

We know that people of Chinese descent have a higher risk for type 2 diabetes, but there are many questions about why that is and how the risk could be reduced. On this episode, Dr. Calvin Ke discusses his work studying type 2 diabetes in the Chinese community. Dr. Ke is an endocrinologist and a clinical epidemiologist in Toronto.

Diabetes 360: Season 5, Episode 8

For people living with diabetes, foot care is essential to avoid complications that can affect mobility, such as amputation. Learning about foot care and having access to care are all important elements of amputation prevention. On today’s episode, Dr. Zaina Albalawi  shares tips to help people with diabetes better manage their foot care. Dr. Albalawi is a clinical assistant professor at Memorial University and an endocrinologist in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is also the co-author of the Foot Care chapter in Diabetes Canada’s 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Canada.

Diabetes 360: Season 5, Episode 7

One of the major changes that has come with the Covid-19 pandemic is the move towards virtual care. For some, this change has been a good one – allowing them to avoid the barriers that made in-person health care challenging. For others, it has been difficult to adapt. On this episode of the Diabetes Canada Podcast Dr. Ilana Halperin discusses how people with diabetes can make the most of virtual care, and how health care providers can help with that. Dr. Halperin is an endocrinologist at Sunnybrook Health Centre in Toronto.

Diabetes 360: Season 5, Episode 6

Dr. Stephen Kosar is an ophthalmologist in Northern Ontario. In today’s episode, he discusses diabetic retinopathy, including the barriers that people in remote locations face in getting needed screening. He also explains the issues related to eye care screening during COVID-19 and the potential for telemedicine to help improve eye care.

Diabetes 360: Season 5, Episode 5

 Our podcast host, Krista Lamb, recently released the new book Beyond Banting: From insulin to islet transplants, decoding Canada’s diabetes research superstars (inspired by the podcast). For this week’s episode we’ve turned the tables and invited a diabetes researcher to interview Krista. Dr. Michael Riddell from York University, who has been a frequent guest on the podcast, puts her in the hot seat 

Diabetes 360: Season 5, Episode 4

Joanne Lewis is the Director of Knowledge Management, HCP Education & Outreach at Diabetes Canada. In the encore episode from season 1 she talks about diabetes and nutrition.

Diabetes 360: Season 5, Encore Episode 1

For people living with diabetes, kidney disease can be one of the most common complications. Better understanding of your kidney health can help you prevent or delay this complication and live a healthier life with diabetes. Dr. Andrew Advani, an endocrinologist and researcher from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, returns to the show to discuss diabetes and kidney health.

Diabetes 360: Season 5, Episode 2

 February is Heart Month. For people living with diabetes, heart disease is one of the most common complications. Dr. Erin Mulvihill is a scientist from the Ottawa Heart Institute whose research tries to better understand this connection in order to improve treatments. 

Diabetes 360: Season 5, Episode 1

  The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for everyone, but for some people—in particular older adults—there have been some very specific reasons for concern. Add diabetes into the mix and it all gets even more complicated. Dr. Paula Rochon, the Vice President of Research at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, tell us how COVID-19 has exacerbated inequities among older adults, in particular women, and how she’s hoping to change this trajectory.  

Diabetes 360: Season 4, Episode 7

Technology often makes our lives easier, but if you live with type 1 diabetes it can also seem really overwhelming. From insulin pumps to CGMs and even do-it-yourself solutions, there are so many new technologies that it’s hard to know how to make the right decision for you. On this episode, Dr. Michael Riddell from York University talks about the latest in technology and type 1 diabetes.

Diabetes 360: Season 4, Episode 6

Dr. Elizabeth Stephenson from the University of Toronto and SickKids Hospital explains what research ethics are and why they’re important to those living with diabetes. 

Diabetes 360: Season 4, Episode 5

This podcast is a 360° look at diabetes, from those affected by the disease to those working to find better treatments and ultimately a cure.

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