Episode 10: Medical News update - Saliva Insulin Test, GLP-1 Policy Shift, and the DASH4D Diet

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In this week’s episode, we explore:


  • A potential saliva test for early diabetes risk detection
  • Childhood obesity rates rising over 250% since 2008
  • GLP-1 drug usage patterns and a Medicare/Medicaid pilot program
  • A new brain-targeted hormone approach for type 1 diabetes
  • How a modified DASH diet is helping people with type 2 diabetes


All information sourced from peer-reviewed studies:

  • UBC Okanagan saliva insulin study - Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
  • Severe pediatric obesity trends - JAMA Network Open, UC San Diego
  • GLP-1 usage patterns - RAND Corporation and KFF Health Tracking surveys
  • Medicare/Medicaid coverage pilots - CMS policy announcements
  • Leptin therapy research - University of Washington, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • DASH4D dietary intervention - Johns Hopkins, Nature Medicine and JAMA Internal Medicine