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Welcome to Episode 30 of 'not ARTIFICIALLY Sweetened'!

This Episode is 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.

If you're living with diabetes or a health professional that facilitates diabetes care, you're in the right place!

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 discuss real people, their real issues and stories, and together discover real answers to many vexing practical issues in diabetes and its care.

This week, Stan and Michael discuss the first look at the revised national management guidelines for type 2 diabetes at the recent SEMDSA Congress. Pleasingly, both included the voice of people with diabetes and focussed on what outcomes are clinically meaningful for them. Stan highlights an article from Nature reviewing access-enhancing progress in ‘open source’ software among people with diabetes. This increases access to usually costly medical devices like closed loop insulin pumps. Michael shares research on insulin viability in under-resourced settings - with the good news of the extra margin revealed, he reminds listeners on the value of correct insulin storage.

Our studio guest is Dr Angela Murphy, a Specialist Physician at the Sunward Park Medical Centre in Boksburg. Angela runs a CDE Diabetes Centre and is part of the multidisciplinary team of the Sunward Park Bariatric Centre of Excellence. She also has a huge personal interest in diabetes, and her and her daughter have both earned black belts in karate! We reflect on Angela’s:

• Inspirations to enter the prevention-focussed world of endocrinology / diabetology
• Passionate work to keep her clients well in the community with a multidisciplinary team approach
• Personal experience with diabetes - she diagnosed her daughter, Olivia, with type 1 diabetes 18 years ago
• Primary role as a mother vs a diabetes expert
• Sense of loss and devastation around this diagnosis
• Diabetes advocacy efforts in her community
• Approach to clinical care and education - shaped by her personal mix of experiences on the ‘waiting room’ side of care and her professional insights
• Daughter’s exceptional academic, cultural, leadership and sporting achievements
• Thoughts on Olivia’s experiences with insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring
• Insights into the impacts of diabetes care on working women - how to integrate this into the daily routine
• Clinical experiences with GLP-1 therapies and bariatric / metabolic surgery - potential benefits and possible safety and health concerns

In our next Community Advocacy Message, Kirsten de Klerk from SA Diabetes Advocacy discusses their role to unite
South African diabetes advocacy organisations. Advocacy organisations in SA are invited to join this growing advocacy movement - email Info@DiabetesAdvocacy.org.za

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For health professionals working in diabetes

The CDE Postgraduate Forum in Diabetes Management is a state-of-the-art interactive weekend learning event for health professionals interested in the management of diabetes. Register for our 25th Annual Forum at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton (27-29 October 2023) @ https://www.cdediabetes.org/index.php/for-healthcare-professionals/annual-forum

Learna/University of South Wales offer a one-year, online, part-time, distance learning Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes Care. Sign up for a second year to earn an MSc in Diabetes. Gain a competitive edge and enhance your client care! Register @ ⁠https://www.diploma-msc.com/p/diploma-in-diabetes⁠