Center News and Research Highlights

Actor Alec Baldwin interviews DREAMS MPI, Dean Schillinger, about the diabetes epidemic, addressing key points about the daily battles waged clinically, as well as the larger policy war needed to reduce the burden of the disease and mitigate diabetes disparities.

Patients from certain racial and ethnic groups are less likely to receive the newer type 2 diabetes medications that keep blood sugar levels stable and reduce the risk of heart and kidney disease.

Soda taxes that have added to the price of cans, bottles and Big Gulps in a handful of cities including Philadelphia and San Francisco have effectively cut consumption of sugary drinks in those cities, a new study found.

Academics, universities and government agencies are overhauling or ending research programs designed to counter the spread of online misinformation. Dean Schillinger speaks with the Washington Post.

The NIH’s acting director has paused — some say killed — a planned initiative on health communications and misinformation. Some fear the agency has censored itself for political reasons.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have higher rates of diabetes than whites, and are prone to developing Type 2 diabetes at younger ages and lower body weights than the general U.S. population. Among Asian subgroups, the risk of diabetes is especially high among South Asians, Filipinos and Pacific Islanders.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are at risk for developing diabetes at lower weights and younger ages than others. Doctors are working from the inside the community to make people healthier. Featuring DREAMS-CDTR Core Faculty member, Alka Kanaya

MASALA – the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America. Launched in 2010, it has uncovered important details about heart health in the fast-growing group.

Research needed to assess Asian subgroups individually for an accurate picture of risk and health needs, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement

“These results suggest SSB [sugar-sweetened beverage] taxes can meaningfully improve diet and health and generate substantial cost savings over a sustained period of time, all of which support the case for a national tax on SSBs,” said senior study author Dr. Dean Schillinger, a UCSF professor of medicine and a co-chair of the National Clinical Care Commission (NCCC), formed by Congress to advise on diabetes policy.

Demand is mounting for Mounjaro — though like some other trendy medications, it has yet to be approved for weight loss. Dean Schillinger is featured in the New York Times.

Medicaid and food stamps are the latest of the pandemic relief policies to expire. But some benefits, even if temporary, made way for more generous social policies. DREAMS Core Faculty member, Rita Hamad, is featured in the New York Times.

/PRNewswire/ -- The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2023 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement...Alka M. Kanaya, MD, is the recipient of the 2023 Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology, which recognizes significant contributions to the field of diabetes epidemiology.

A handful of states received federal waivers allowing use of Medicaid funding for medically tailored meals or nutrition counseling.

People who struggle to afford food have 20% higher medical costs than others, partly because of a cheaper, less healthy diet, a study finds. DREAMS Core Faculty member, Hilary Seligman, on the impact of food insecurity.