not ARTIFICIALLY Sweetened - Episode 40 with Prof David Kerr

Welcome to Episode 40 of 'not ARTIFICIALLY Sweetened' brought to you in support of diabetes awareness and care by the CDE Online Pharmacy (https://cdeonline.co.za/), the online store of choice for people living with diabetes.

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Join our journey, as we grow together in understanding, insight, and self-awareness to change lives for the better. Our deliberations are always honest, challenging and thought provoking. Nothing is off the table as we meet real people, discuss their real issues and stories, and together discover real answers to many vexing practical issues in diabetes and its care.

Stan talks about common urological symptoms seen in the diabetes - he reminds us that not all health challenges in people with diabetes are caused by diabetes. Symptoms like ‘toilet-mapping’ may thus need referral to a urologist. Michael offers an easy way to discern if urine frequency is related to above-target blood glucose levels.

Endocrinologist Prof David Kerr is our studio guest this week. Happily living as a “Scotsman in the Golden State” of California, USA, David joins us on Thanksgiving Day to share his unique insights into technologies in the field of diabetes. His vast experience and current appointments make David ably qualified in this area – He currently serves as a Senior Investigator in Diabetes Research & Digital Health Equity @ the Sutter Center for Health Systems and Director for Digital Health @ the Diabetes Technology Society (both in Santa Barbara, California), and as an Adjunct Professor @ Rice University Electrical and Computer Engineering, Houston, Texas.

With many unexpected insights from an optimistic ‘tech guru’, David shares,

• His early years leading a large hospital department in internal medicine and diabetes, the first uses of insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), and the resultant quality of life gains and an enhanced ability for people with diabetes to ‘experiment’ with their self-care.
• His move to Santa Barbara in 2014, and his learnings in the democratisation of diabetes care from the large Hispanic population there
• The possible ‘life’ learnings from CGM data - what we still need to learn to make this more effective with ‘life getting in the way’
• His insights into ‘food as medicine’ as the creator of ‘Farming for Life’, a novel programme examining the impact of medical prescriptions of locally sourced, seasonally available fresh vegetables for adults with or at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
• Secrets behind helpful diabetes tech and the limitations of socio-economic determinants of health, reading age and digital literacy
• His thoughts on ‘DIY’ community-led tech
• Novel opportunities for pairing CGM with lifestyle interventions instead of new drugs
• Reasons why diabetes education delivery has to change
• The need for personalisation of the care of ‘my diabetes’, ‘digital champions’, and community health workers
• How funders decide on funding new tech, or not…
• Appropriate ‘doses’ of tech
• The role of and concerns about artificial intelligence in healthcare

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