Meet the press with Dr.Lawrence Phillips Jothydev's Diabetes and Research Center organised a meeting with media at Taj Hotel, Trivandrum. Lawrence Phillips, MD (http:// www. kronosinstitute.org /about/ governance/ advisoryboard/ lawrence_phillips.cfm) from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA interacted with the media. Jothydev presented some of the key data from Diabscreen Kerala, (Kesavadev Trust) population studies. There was an active interaction with the media on topics related to diabetes management, cost of new medicines due to escalating cost of research, early insulin etc.,