The art of Diabetes Care, Geremia Bolli on the modern role of basal insulin in advancing T2D therapy, Michael Bowen on the derivation and validation of D-RISK, and more!

Welcome to episode no. 32 (May 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 May 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond.

2:30 Alice is joined by John Buse, MD, PhD, endocrinologist and Director of the Diabetes Care Center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC), and Mary Beth Cassely, MSPH, Director of the Innovation Program team at UNC. Husband and wife, they’re also the photographers behind the May issue cover art. Their profile is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dci25-0026.

14:45 Mike speaks with Geremia B Bolli, MD, an endocrinologist at the University of Perugia, in Italy, and first author of the article, “The Modern Role of Basal Insulin in Advancing Therapy in People With Type 2 Diabetes,” available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dci24-0104.

26:25 Discussing a feature article, “Derivation and Validation of D-RISK: An Electronic Health Record–Driven Risk Score to Detect Undiagnosed Dysglycemia in Clinical Practice,” Alice is joined by lead author Michael E. Bowen, MD. Dr. Bowen is Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, the Department of Population and Data Sciences, and the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. This article is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dc24-1624.

52:35 In the “Diabetes Care Rapid Exchange,” Alice and Mike wrap up the episode by reviewing several interesting articles in the May 2025 issue of Diabetes Care. Studies highlighted in this segment include:

• Rickels et al. Islet Transplantation Versus Standard of Care for Type 1 Diabetes Complicated by Severe Hypoglycemia From the Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry and the T1D Exchange Registry doi.org/10.2337/dc24-1915
• Zhao et al. Association Between Use of Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and Epilepsy: A Population-Based Study Using Target Trial Emulation doi.org/10.2337/dc24-2532
• Boonpattharatthiti et al. Comparison of Insulin Titration Strategies for Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis doi.org/10.2337/dc24-2661
• Wang et al. Association Between Diabetes and Anemia: Evidence From NHANES and the UK Biobank doi.org/10.2337/dc24-2535
• Ostrominski  et al. Efficacy and Safety of Finerenone in Type 2 Diabetes: A Pooled Analysis of Trials of Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease doi.org/10.2337/dc24-1873
• Thierry et al. Short-term Metformin Protects Against Glucocorticoid-Induced Toxicity in Healthy Individuals: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial doi.org/10.2337/dc24-2039

To learn more about Diabetes Care, please visit diabetesjournals.org/care. Interested in submitting cover art to the journal? Please visit https://diabetesjournals.org/care/pages/submit_a_cover_image.