Special Edition: What’s Next—An Update on Beta Cell Function
Release Date: 11/10/2025
Special Edition - Weight Bias and Stigma - Part 2 - Jan 2026
Diabetes Core Update
In this special series on Weight Bias and Stigma our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss weight bias and stigma and its importance because weight bias and stigma have an important impact the experience of living with obesity, leads to measurable adverse outcomes, and when it is present in health care interactions it affects all subsequent care that a patient receives.. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Lilly. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University;...
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Diabetes Core Update Feb 2026
Diabetes Core Update
This issue will review: 1. Semaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes by baseline and changes in adiposity measurements: a prespecified analysis of the SELECT trial 2. Impact of Oral Semaglutide on Kidney Outcomes in People with Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the SOUL Randomized Trial 3. The effect of substituting water for artificially sweetened beverages on glycemic and weight measures in people with type 2 diabetes: The Study of Drinks with Artificial Sweeteners (SODAS), a randomized trial 4. ...
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Automated Insulin Delivery Part 2
Diabetes Core Update
In this special series on Automated Insulin Delivery our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss the benefits of Automated Insulin Delivery for people with Type 2 Diabetes. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Insulet. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Davida Kruger, MSN, APN-BC,BC-ADM, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, Michigan. Past Chair of the American Diabetes Associations...
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Diabetes Core Update Jan 2026
Diabetes Core Update
This issue will review: 1. Evolocumab in Patients without a Previous Myocardial Infarction or Stroke 2. SGLT2 Inhibitors and Kidney Outcomes by Glomerular Filtration Rate and Albuminuria 3. Continuous SGLT-2, GLIP-1RA and Frailty Progression in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes 4. Effects of Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors by Diabetes Status and Level of Albuminuria 5. Tirzepatide in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: A Phase 2 Randomized Placebo-Controlled...
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Special Edition- Weight Bias and Stigma – Part 1
Diabetes Core Update
In this special series on Weight Bias and Stigma our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss weight bias and stigma and its importance because weight bias and stigma have an important impact the experience of living with obesity, leads to measurable adverse outcomes, and when it is present in health care interactions it affects all subsequent care that a patient receives.. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Lilly. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University;...
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Special Edition: What’s Next: Adherence to Medications – Challenges and (some) Solutions December 2025
Diabetes Core Update
In this special edition on Adherence to Medications our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss medication adherence and the role of clinicians, pharmacies and pharmacists in helping with medication adherence. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Amazon. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Susan Kuchera, M.D. - Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the...
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Special Edition: MASH Part 2 – Diagnosis and Treatment – December 2025
Diabetes Core Update
In this special series on Metabolic-Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) and Metabolic Dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss Epidemiology, Importance, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of MASH. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Alina M. Allen, M.D....
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Special Edition - Automated Insulin Delivery - Part 1
Diabetes Core Update
In this special series on Automated Insulin Delivery our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss with Davida Kruger the benefits of Automated Insulin Delivery for people with Type 2 Diabetes. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Insulet. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Davida Kruger, MSN, APN-BC,BC-ADM, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, Michigan. Past Chair of the American...
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Diabetes Core Update – December 2025
Diabetes Core Update
This issue will review: 1. Screening Natriuretic Peptide Levels Predict Heart Failure and Mortality in Individuals with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes without Known Heart Failure 2. The Risk of Acute Pancreatitis and Biliary Events After Initiation of Incretin-Based Medications In Patients with Type 2 Diabetes 3. Continuous Glucose Monitoring Frequency and Glycemic Control in People With Type 2 Diabetes – JAMA Network Open 4. An AI-Powered Lifestyle Intervention vs Human Coaching in the...
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Special Edition - CVOTs Part 2
Diabetes Core Update
In this special series on The Cardiovascular Outcome Trials our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik will discuss the history and importance of the Cardiovascular Outcome Trials for diabetes medications. In Part 1 we discussed an historical perspective with Dr. Steven Nissen. Today we discuss with Dr. Darren McGuire the incredible evolution of the CVOTs since that time, and the most recent CVOT using new methodology, the SURPASS CVOT This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Lilly. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel...
info_outlineIn this special episode on a Beta Cell Update Dr. Neil Skolnik discusses this emerging area with Dr. Melena Bellin. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Sanofi.
Presented by:
Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health
Melena Bellin. Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology, and Surgery, Co-Director, Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplant Program and the Albert D. and Eva J. Corniea Chair, University of Minnesota/ Masonic Children's Hospital
Selected References:
Consensus guidance for monitoring individuals with islet autoantibody-positive pre-stage 3 type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2024;47(8):1276–1298
An Anti-CD3 Antibody, Teplizumab, in Relatives at Risk for Type 1 Diabetes. N Engl J Med 2019;381:603-613
Management of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults: A Consensus Statement . Diabetes 2020;69(10):2037–2047
Resources for Auto-antibody Testing: