Dr. Tamara Hannon gives us a brief introduction to herself and her work, and explains the focus of some of her research and that we need to be just as aggressive treating type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents as we currently are in treating type 1 diabetes.

Dr. Tamara Hannon reviews the current standards of care and recommended medications for treating type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. She discusses the value of the TODAY study and how we need many more studies like this to improve care for this important and increasing group of type 2 …

Dr. Tamara Hannon talks about the increasing prevalence of type 2 in children and adolescents but reiterates that it is still less common to see type 2 than type 1 diabetes in this age group. She comments that in 2002, when she began her practice, that she saw just a …

Dr. Tamara Hannon talks about how many of her pediatric type 2 diabetes patients are overweight (nearly 100%) and how she determines whether they are type 1 or type 2 (mainly through testing for antibodies). She also discusses how all children are currently at risk for obesity and that around …

Dr. Tamara Hannon talks about the possibility of using rosiglitazone as therapy for children and teens. (Note that this video interview was done before the FDA re-approved rosiglitazone for limited use in adults.) She notes that the drug is more effective with metformin and that some patients simply cannot achieve …

Dr. Tamara Hannon talks about the possibility of using one of the most common adult anti-diabetic medications, sulfonylureas, in children. However, she points out that the drugs can only help adults achieve metabolic control in the short-term which concerns her because children and teens with type 2 diabetes definitely need …

Dr. Tamara Hannon talks about the difficult subject of type 2 diabetes complications for adolescents and the challenges they face with the prospect of a longer life with type 2. She also discusses some of the research that has come out that seems to show the disease progressing faster in …

Dr. Tamara Hannon talks about how she advises her patients and the parents of her patients on physical activity. She explains that the current standards are that children need at least 60 minutes of physical activity every single day but that this standard is being less and less met. She …

Dr. Tamar Hannon explains how she educates her patients about carb counting but that there is a lot of confusion and some of the misinformation seems to be coming directly and deliberately from the food companies themselves so it’s important to read labels extremely carefully.

Dr. Tamara Hannon explains how her type 2 patients make the transition to adult-care physicians. Because type 2 is far more common in adults, endocrinologists and physicians who treat adults are actually more used to treating the disease than pediatricians who rarely see type 2 patients.