Center News and Research Highlights

The burden of diabetes in the Americas is large, increasing, heterogeneous, and expanding. To confront the rising burden, population-based interventions aimed to reduce type 2 diabetes risk and strengthening health systems to provide effective and cost-efficient care for those affected are mandatory.

This Medical News article is an interview with Alka Kanaya, MD, and Namratha Kandula, MD, MPH, principal investigators on the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) prospective cohort study.

For more than 14% of people who use insulin in the U.S., insulin costs consume at least 40% of their available income, a new study finds.

This systematic review identified studies of nonmedical interventions designed to reduce risk for and improve clinical outcomes for type 2 diabetes. Specifically, this review sought to identify interventions that target structural racism and social determinants of health. Findings demonstrate that the literature on nonmedical interventions designed to address relevant social factors and target structural racism is limited. The article offers actionable strategies and identifies policy opportunities for targeting structural inequalities and decreasing social risk among adults with type 2 diabetes.

This Viewpoint discusses how relying almost exclusively on health care systems to address overall health in the US is problematic, noting that safety net programs and other social policies can serve as powerful population-level interventions that can affect long-standing health disparities.

A comprehensive public and private sector response to economic hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic likely helped mitigate an increase in food insecurity and its associated health consequences. Many temporary relief measures should be extended until policy makers can determine which changes should be made permanent as part of the next Farm Bill.

School segregation may sound like a relic from the past, but it has actually been increasing in the United States for years. Now a new study shows that has come with health consequences for Black children.

A “first-rate physician-scientist,” Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS, of UCSF School of Medicine will helm JAMA Network starting in July.

Patients with diabetes are also more likely to be described as “noncompliant,” according to large studies of medical records.

By recommending a health in all policies and an equity-based approach to governance, the NCCC report has the potential to contribute to meaningful change across the diabetes continuum and beyond.