Joy and Steve just returned from the ADA Scientific Sessions in Orlando, and over the next few weeks, you will have the chance to find out what they and our other reporters learned. For a little teaser, our Medical Editor, Joy Pape, shares her experiences with the recommendation and use …

What I love about going to conferences is the realization that what I’m doing in my practice is in line with what others I respect are doing. That is meaningful, and I always learn a new pearl. If that’s all I gain from these conferences, it’s okay, but it’s usually more than that. I have just returned from the 2018 ADA Conference, where there was so much about new technology, particularly continuous glucose monitoring.

Scott Kahan, MD, MPH is the Director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness. He is a physician trained in both clinical medicine and public health. He serves on the faculties of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the George Washington University School of Medicine, and the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the benefits of health and disease management programs, which can integrate evidence-based best practices into patient care.

The natural history of T2DM has been well described in multiple populations and is reviewed in references [1] and [3]. Individuals destined to develop T2DM inherit a set of genes from their parents that make their tissues resistant to insulin and the insulin resistance is aggravated by weight gain and physical inactivity. Hepatic insulin resistance is manifested by an overproduction of glucose during the basal state despite the presence of fasting hyperinsulinemia [38] and an impaired suppression of hepatic glucose production (HGP)

To see this interview in full, click here. Pape: Hello this is Joy Pape with Diabetes In Control and we are at the AACE (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists) 2018 meeting. I have the pleasure of interviewing and talking with my friend and colleague, Scott Kahan. You spoke today, Scott, …

In this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Scott Kahan talks with Diabetes in Control Associate Medical Editor Joy Pape during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about his presentation on the Best Nutrition Practices for Chronic Weight Management. Scott Kahan, MD, MPH is the Director of  the National Center for Weight …

In part 1 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Scott Kahan talks with Diabetes in Control Associate Medical Editor Joy Pape during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about his recommendations to health care providers regarding what to share with their patients when it comes to what to eat.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Scott Kahan shares tips for medical professionals without an expertise in nutrition and obesity during a discussion with Diabetes in Control Associate Medical Editor Joy Pape during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Scott Kahan talks with Diabetes in Control Associate Medical Editor Joy Pape during the AACE 2018 convention in Boston, MA about the differences between what is consumed and genetics as they impact health outcomes.