📱 Send Us a Text Message! We’d love to hear from you! Please include your name and email address so we can reply. Don’t worry — this won’t sign you up for our email list. We’ll only use your info to respond to your question.Dr. Komal Patil-Sisodia records live from her hotel room on the final night of the ADA 86th Annual Scientific Sessions in New Orleans — still processing what she witnessed earlier that week. The NIH director didn't show up to his own keynote. A substitute speaker framed diabetes research under the MAHA agenda. And five physicians were escorted out of the conference by security for handing out a peer-reviewed article published in the ADA's own journal.This episode is her unfiltered account of what happened, what the science actually says, and why none of us — patients, clinicians, or researchers — can afford to let it quietly recede.In this episode:What the Kahn et al. Diabetes Care editorial actually arguesWhy an 89% drop in NIH funding notices is more alarming than it soundsHow a new policy is draining the research pipeline without a single congressional voteThe landmark diabetes trials — DPP, DCCT, TrialNet — that exist because of the infrastructure now being guttedA frank assessment of the ADA's official statementWhy diverse, long-horizon NIH research is existential for underserved populationsConcrete actions for patients, clinicians, researchers, and the communityTimestamps:00:00 Welcome to Clearly Hormonal01:03 Why This Episode Now01:38 My Diabetes Roots02:32 Keynote Cancellation Shock03:46 Editorial Handout Incident04:59 Inside the Kahn Editorial06:13 Funding Collapse Explained07:57 Oversight Councils Undermined09:02 Policy Loophole Chokes Grants10:24 Why NIH Research Matters11:40 Why I Stayed13:44 What the Keynote Said15:35 The Core Contradiction17:49 ADA Statement Breakdown21:22 Who Gets Hurt Most23:55 What We Can Do Next25:56 Closing and ResourcesResources mentioned:Kahn et al. Diabetes Care editorial (2026)ADA contact and advocacy toolsCongressional representative lookupHouse of Representatives lookupSTAT News coverage of the conferenceFind Dr. Patil-Sisodia:Instagram & TikTok: @drpatilsisodiaEastside Menopause & MetabolismClearly Hormonal is for educational purposes only and does not constitute personalized medical advice. Please discuss your individual health concerns with your own healthcare provider.Thanks for listening. Find more info about Clearly Hormonal on the website or Instagram.