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Reassessment of the new diagnostic thresholds for gestational diabetes mellitus: an opportunity for improvement
Existing data can be used to improve the diagnosis of gestational diabetes
Michael C d’Emden MD, PhD, FRACP
The world I want — a world with less diabetes
An open letter to Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
Alicia Jenkins MB BS, MD, FRACP
Treatment for gender dysphoria in children: the new legal, ethical and clinical landscape
Understanding recent legal developments will help doctors negotiate the complexities of consent
Malcolm K Smith PhD, LLM, LLB(Hons) · Ben Mathews PhD, LLB, BA
Preventing type 2 diabetes: scaling up to create a prevention system
For decades Australia has led the way in large-scale approaches in key areas of prevention
Greg Johnson BPharm, MBA · Jane E Martin BA(Hons), MPH · Amy Timoshanko BAppSci(Hons), PhD
A new blood glucose management algorithm for type 2 diabetes: a position statement of the Australian Diabetes Society
Incorporating older and newer agents to individualise treatment for each person with diabetes
Jenny E Gunton MB BS, FRACP, PhD · N Wah Cheung MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Timothy M E Davis DPhil, FRCP, FRACP · Sophia Zoungas MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Stephen Colagiuri MB BS, FRACP
The global response to diabetes: action or apathy?
The UN and WHO are driving a much-needed approach to prevention of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases
Ruth Colagiuri BEd, GradCertHlthPol · Katie Dain BA, MScIntDevt · Judi Moylan
Diabetes prevention and care: we know what to do, so why aren't we doing it?
Tackling the diabetes epidemic
Stephen Colagiuri MB BS, FRACP
Lithium-induced thyrotoxicosis in a patient with treatment-resistant bipolar type I affective disorder
Lithium has profound effects on thyroid physiology
Santhi Chalasani MB BS(Hons) · Katherine A Benson MB BS(Hons), FRACP
Consent, capacity and the right to say no
A case study highlights the complexities of assessing a patient’s capacity to consent to treatment
Hayden A Snow MB BS · Bill R Fleming MB BS, FRACS, FRCS
First Australian report of vitamin D-dependent rickets type I
Clinical findings and a homozygous mutation in the CYP27B1 gene demonstrate a rare form of vitamin D deficiency
Nobuaki Ito MD, PhD · Alexia S Peña MD, PhD, FRACP · Shiree Perano MD · Gerald J Atkins PhD · David M Findlay PhD · Jennifer J Couper MB ChB, MD, FRACP
The high burden of inpatient diabetes mellitus: the Melbourne Public Hospitals Diabetes Inpatient Audit
Appropriate identification and management of diabetes and its comorbid conditions can reduce costs of preventable complications
Leon A Bach MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Elif I Ekinci MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Dennis Engler MD, FRACP · Chris Gilfillan MB BS, PhD, FRACP · P Shane Hamblin MB BS(Hons), FRACP · Richard J MacIsaac PhD, MB BS, FRACP · Georgia Soldatos MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Cheryl Steele RN, RM, CDE · Glenn M Ward MB BS, FRACP, DPhil(Oxon) · Sue Wyatt RN, GradCertDiabEd
Diabetes and the human condition
Soaring rates compel us to change environmental factors that promote diabetes and hinder its treatment
Stephen R Leeder MD, PhD, FRACP · Shauna M Downs MSc, PhD
Ipilimumab-induced hypophysitis: early Australian experience
Prompt use of replacement glucocorticoids is crucial
Sunita M C De Sousa · Georgina V Long · Katherine T Tonks
Lower treatment targets for gestational diabetes: is lower really better?
Current targets based on insufficient data create potential risks and pose implementation problems
Dev A S Kevat MPH, LLB(Hons), BMedSc(Hons) · Ashim K Sinha MB BS, MD, FRACP · Anna G McLean MB BS(Hons), FRACP
Reassessment of the new diagnostic thresholds for gestational diabetes mellitus: an opportunity for improvement
Up to 50% of women diagnosed under the new criteria do not meet the agreed risk threshold
Michael C d’Emden MB BS, PhD, FRACP
The efficacy of bariatric surgery performed in the public sector for obese patients with comorbid conditions
Publicly funded surgery is as effective as that performed in the private sector; improved access can reduce health inequities for those in need
Natalie Lukas MB BS(Hons), BPhty · Janet Franklin BMedSci(Hons), MNutr/Diet, PhD · Crystal M Y Lee PhD, MIPH, BMedSc(Hons) · Craig J Taylor MB BS(Hons), FRACS · David J Martin MB BS, FRACS · Nic Kormas MB BS(Hons), FRACP · Ian D Caterson MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Tania P Markovic MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP
Working knowledge of diabetes
THIS PUBLICATION is now in its fifth edition. It was first published in 1996, with the next two editions being published over the next 13 years, but the last three editions have been published since 2009, presumably reflecting the dynamic changes in diabetes recently. As its title suggests, the book sets out to succinctly provide facts about diabetes. In this regard it is very successful. The ...
Michael C d’Emden
Primary care of women after gestational diabetes mellitus: mapping the evidence-practice gap
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Shelley A Wilkinson BSc(Hons), GradDipNut · Wendy E Brodribb MB BS, FABM, PhD · Susan Upham BSocWk, GradDipHealthPromotion, GCIPH · Tina Janamian PhD, MMedSc, BSc · Caroline Nicholson GradDipPhty, MBA, GAICD · Claire L Jackson MB BS, MD, MPH
Who's responsible for the care of women during and after a pregnancy affected by gestational diabetes?
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Shelley A Wilkinson BSc(Hons), GradDipNut · Siew S Lim BSc, MND, PhD · Susan Upham BSocWk, GradDipHealthPromotion, GCIPH · Andrew Pennington BSc(Hons), BMed, FRACGP · Sharleen L O’Reilly BSc(Hons), PhD · Dino Asproloupos · H David McIntyre MD, FRACP · James A Dunbar MD, FRCPEdin, FRCGP
Newborn bloodspot screening: setting the Australian national policy agenda
Screening has proven benefits, and a nationally consistent approach is needed
on behalf of the Disorders of Sex Development Subcommittee, Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group
Black bones: minocycline-induced bone pigmentation
A known cause with no cause for alarm
Vishnusai Chauhan · Catherine McDougall
Partial foot amputations may not always be worth the risk of complications
Dillon et al should be read as comparing transmetatarsal amputation and below-knee amputation outcomes
Peter A Lazzarini · Matthew Malone · Paul R Wraight
Partial foot amputations may not always be worth the risk of complications
Dillon et al stand by their interpretation that complication and reamputation rates are similar across levels of PFA
Michael P Dillon · Stefania Fatone · Meg E Morris
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and cardiovascular safety
Recent cardiovascular outcome trials confirm the safety of DPP-4 inhibitors, but new questions emerge
Timothy M E Davis DPhil, FRCP, FRACP
Internet slimming, thyrotoxicosis and the liver
Beware of herbal supplements from unregulated sources
Janet V Warner FRCPA, PhD · Adam P Morton FRACP · Ashley-Jane Hall BBiotech · Michael G Henman BSc, MSc · Louis F S Pool FRCPA
