The “Evidence” Is In! It Does Get Better!

With the January 2015 issue, our editorial team is now well past the halfway point of its tenure in overseeing the scientific aspects of Diabetes Care . Throughout the process, it has been our goal to keep you up to date and informed on our progress, initiatives, special issues, and thoughts. Specifically, in July 2014 (the actual midterm point of our tenure), our editorial team provided a very comprehensive and positive update, stating that we, as an editorial team, and Diabetes Care , as a journal, continue to evolve (1). We were also contemplating that at some future point (i.e., July 2015), we would still be asking, “Can it possibly get any better than this?” Though surprisingly earlier than expected, we believe this question has been answered in the affirmative. We feel the level of articles we publish that report data from scientific investigation and innovative medical care and treatments continues to be extremely high as exemplified by articles in this issue of Diabetes Care . Specifically, given the changing evidence base of studies, there is steady progress being made in the form of updated recommendations for management of hyperglycemia. In addition, there are now data providing more validation of the recommended American Diabetes Association (ADA) Standards of Care for management of diabetes.At this point in time, there is no need to restate the changes we made to the journal or the initiatives put in place over the last 2.5 years. These have been adequately covered in prior Editorials. However, the initiatives put in place continue to grow and expand.For example, our signature event at the ADA Scientific Sessions has been our Diabetes Care Symposium (we recently held our 3rd Annual Symposium in June 2014). This year we experimented with the format of the symposium by dividing it …