Show 1453: From Lizard Spit to Ozempic: Rethinking How We Treat Diabetes

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Diabetes is a serious metabolic disorder that affects close to 40 million Americans. Most of them have type 2 diabetes, which means their bodies produce insulin, but their cells are not very responsive to it. As a result, blood sugar builds up and people run the risk of cardiovascular complications like heart attacks or strokes, […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Graydon.
0:01.5	And I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.0	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at
0:11.5	People's Pharmacy.com.
0:15.2	Diabetes remains one of our most prevalent and challenging health problems.
0:20.0	What does the latest research show?
0:22.5	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:33.7	Our guest today is one of the country's leading diabetes researchers. He'll share some exciting news about a study called Catalyst. It used an old drug for a new use against type 2 diabetes. What about the GLP1 agonist medications like Zempic and Monjaro. How are they changing the treatment of diabetes?
0:56.9	We'll also discuss the importance of lifestyle in controlling blood sugar.
1:01.6	Coming up on the people's pharmacy, new research points to advances in treating diabetes.
1:17.4	In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines,
1:23.7	The CDC originally told Americans that this would be a mild flu season,
1:27.0	but after more than six weeks of a government shutdown,
1:29.5	the agency is detecting an upward trend in cases of H3N2 influenza. The southern hemisphere is six months ahead of us when it comes to
1:36.5	winter respiratory infections. Australia, South Africa, Chile, and New Zealand all reported a severe flu season.
1:45.9	Now, public health authorities in Japan, South Korea, Great Britain, and Canada
1:50.8	are also reporting an early and severe start to the season.
1:56.1	There's growing concern that the H3N2 strain that's circulating has mutated. That could mean that the flu shots
2:03.9	will be less effective than previously hoped. Dr. William Schaffner at Vanderbilt
2:09.1	University Medical Center is a renowned expert on influenza. He notes that even if there is not
2:15.4	a close match, use of the vaccine continues to prevent hospitalizations,
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