Episode 190: Exploring Diabetes through Comics and Cutting-Edge Innovations The EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

This week’s episode focuses on innovations in diabetes technology, such as flash glucose monitoring and hybrid closed loop systems. Jonathan and Partha Kar, National Specialty Advisor in Diabetes for the National Health Service (NHS), UK, discuss promising innovations on the horizon, such as immunotherapy, as well as the importance of exercising caution on social media, and Partha’s Type 1 diabetes comic book.
Use the following timestamps to navigate the content in this episode: 
(00:00)-Introduction
(02:40)-Partha’s love of comic books
(04:30)-Why diabetes?
(06:09)-Promoting technology in Type 1 Diabetes 
(08:25)-Patient responsibility
(10:05)-Labelling patients with diabetes
(11:28)-Hybrid closed loop systems
(14:40)-Impact on the NHS and global healthcare
(16:04)-Pioneering the diabetes ‘super six’ model
(18:02)-Social media and combatting pseudoscience
(21:15)-Considering racism
(24:06)-Diabetes on ‘the big screen’
(27:31)-Game changing drugs for diabetes
(29:40)-Innovation: stem cells and immunotherapy
(31:24)-Partha’s three wishes for healthcare
(32:40)-Concluding remarks