Diabetes Core Update Nov 2025

This issue will review:

1. Effects of Semaglutide With or Without Concomitant Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Use in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: A FLOW Trial Prespecified Secondary Analysis - Diabetes Care

2. Orforglipron, an Oral Small-Molecule GLP-1Receptor Agonist, in Early Type 2 Diabetes – NEJM

3. Orforglipron, an Oral Small-Molecule GLP-1 Receptor Agonist for Obesity Treatment – NEJM

4. Dementia Risk in People With Type 1 Diabetes and Associated Risk Factors – Diabetes Care

5. Impact of baseline GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use on Albuminuria Reduction and Safety With Simultaneous Initiation of Finerenone and Empagliflozin in Type 2 Diabetes and CKD – Diabetes Care

6. Oral Semaglutide at a Dose of 25 mg in Adults with Overweight or Obesity - NEJM

Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association's four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 25 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals.

Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatment setting.

For more information about each of ADA's science and medical journals, please visit Diabetesjournals.org.

Hosts:

Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health

John J. Russell, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Chair-Department of Family Medicine, Abington Jefferson Health