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Welcome to episode no. 30 (March 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 March 2025 issue of Diabetes Care and beyond.

To mark the month of Ramadan, our hosts begin by highlighting a series of practical resources to help people with diabetes minimize risk while religious fasting. These resources include Section 5 of the 2025 Standards of Care, as well as guidelines provided by the Diabetes and Ramadan International Alliance.

2:45 Mike is joined by Leonard E. Egeda, MD, MS, FACP, the Charles and Mary Bauer Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Buffalo, New York. They discuss his article, "Financial Incentives, Income Supplementation, Cash Transfer, and Universal Basic Income Interventions in Diabetes: Understanding Differences and Effectiveness: A Scoping Review," available for free at doi.org/10.2337/dci24-0072.

15:30 Alice speaks with Matthew Lee, PhD, Cardiology Senior Lecture and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, and Naveed Sattar, PhD, Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine and Honorary Consultant at the University of Glasgow. Their meta-analysis, "Comparative Efficacy of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists for Cardiovascular Outcomes in Asian Versus White Populations: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials of Populations With or Without Type 2 Diabetes and/or Overweight or Obesity," is available for free at https://doi.org/10.2337/dc24-1533.

28:40 In the "Diabetes Care Rapid Exchange," Alice and Mike wrap up the episode by reviewing several interesting articles in the March 2025 issue of Diabetes Care. Studies highlighted in this segment include:

• Bardenheier et al. Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes Among U.S. Adults Aged ≥18 Years With Disabilities, 2021–2022 doi.org/10.2337/dci24-0086
• Xu et al. Incidence and Risk Factors of Diagnosed Young-Adult-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in the U.S.: The National Health Interview Survey 2016–2022 doi.org/10.2337/dc24-1699

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