Metabolic diseases

The current ethics review process is inappropriate for clinical quality registries

Wendy A Brown · Brittany R Smith · Melissa Boglis · Dianne L Brown · Margaret Anderson · Paul E O'Brien · John J McNeil · Ian D Caterson

Studies are inconclusive about the benefits of the Paleo diet in patients with type 2 diabetes

Sofianos Andrikopoulos

Pre-conception weight control is important for both mother and child — and for Australia

Kirsten I Black · Adrienne Gordon

Good glycaemic control is not sufficient for avoiding adverse outcomes for mother and child

Sally K Abell · Jacqueline A Boyle · Barbora de Courten · Michelle Knight · Sanjeeva Ranasinha · John Regan · Georgia Soldatos · Euan M Wallace · Sophia Zoungas · Helena J Teede

Food-based dietary guidelines are necessary but the processed food industry prefers to concentrate on individual nutrients

Rosemary A Stanton BSc, GradDipAdmin, PhD(Hon)

Supplementation during the third trimester of pregnancy may prevent vitamin D insufficiency in infants and subsequent acute respiratory infections

Michael J Binks PhD, BSc, BHSc · Heidi C Smith-Vaughan PhD · Robyn Marsh PhD · Anne B Chang MB BD, FRACP, PhD · Ross M Andrews PhD, MPH, MAppEpid

Body fat is not an inert structure

Flavia M Cicuttini MSc, FRACP, PhD · Anita E Wluka MB BS, FRACP, PhD

A 78-year-old man presented to a regional emergency department with a severe progressive rash

Andrew DK Nguyen BSc, MB BS · Gabriela Strey MD, FRACP

Manual assessment of steak doneness is possible — but don’t bet your life on it

Toby I Vinycomb MB BS, BMedSc(Hons) · Amanda M-Y Tan MB BS(Hons), BMedSc(Hons) · Manu Bhatnagar MB BS · Joon Ming Wong MB BS, BEng(Civil)

An approach which enjoins public health programs and clinicians in the four components of the food security equation is potentially gainful in addressing malnutrition; namely, the adequacy, availability, utilisation and security/sustainability of food supplies

Costa S Boyages BA(Hons), LLB, MB BS

CSIRO survey data indicate that one in seven adult Australian respondents not diagnosed with coeliac disease avoid wheat or dairy foods

Sinead Golley · Philip Mohr · David Topping

How can we help our patients make sensible decisions?

Ian E Haines MB BS, FRACP, FAChPM

Splenic abscesses are a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of non-typhoidal bacteraemia

Jonathan R Sillar BEng(Hons)/BCom, MB BS(Hons) · Aiveen M Bannan MB BS, FRACP, MPH · Leigh Dahlenburg BMedSc, MB BS(Hons), FRACP

Some high-burden areas of disease fall short in research efforts

Jacquelyne Lam MPharm, BSc · Sarah J Lord MB BS, MS, FRACGP · Kylie E Hunter BA(Human Movement)(Hons), BA(Indonesian) · R John Simes MB BS(Hons), MD, FRACP · Thuyen Vu BSc · Lisa M Askie PhD, MPH, BN

“Gluten-free” foods are not always gluten-free

Geoffrey M Forbes MB BS, MD, FRACP

Four priority areas where government regulation could strengthen Australia’s response

Jenny C Kaldor BA(Hons), LLB(Hons), MSc · Roger S Magnusson BA/LLB(Hons), PhD, GradDipManagingDevelopment · Stephen Colagiuri MB BS, FRACP

Clinically severe obesity needs to be recognised and managed as a chronic disease

John B Dixon PhD, FRACGP, FRCP(Edin)

Conclusions based on recent meta-analyses need to be viewed with caution

A Stewart Truswell MD, DSc, FRCP

Rapid identification of listeriosis source prevented further infections

Zeina Najjar BSc(Med) BMed BSurg, MPH, FAFPHM · Leena Gupta MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM · Vitali Sintchenko MB BS, FRCPA, PhD · Craig Shadbolt BSc(Hons), PhD · Qinning Wang PhD · Narinder Bansal PhD

Locally acquired hepatitis E treated successfully with ribavirin in the context of immunosuppression

David J Speers FRACP, FRCPA, FACTM · Michael Xiang Ma MB BS · Helen M Faddy BSc(Hons), PhD · Monica Nash GradDipManagement · Scott Bowden PhD · Bastiaan de Boer MB BS, BMedSci, FRCPA · Ross MacNicholas MB, MRCPI, MSc · Gerry MacQuillan MB BCh, FRACP, PhD · Leon Adams MB BS, PhD

Adverse effects of medication and therapeutic failure are possibilities in patients who are fasting

Gina McLachlan BPharm, MClinPharm · The-Phung To BPharm, MClinPharm

Good news for health care workers who are obliged to enjoy their Christmas lunch at the hospital

Daniel G Brieger · Amaleena B Amir · Gratian J Punch BMedSci(Hons), MB BS(Hons) · Christopher S H Lim MB BS, MS, MRCS · James Toh BSc, MB BS, FRACS

Surgery for obesity complicated by severe comorbidity should be accessible to all

Michael Edye MB BS, FRACS, FACS · Michael L Talbot MB ChB, FRACS

Public health advocates coordinate programs to reduce salt intake and prevent iodine deficiency

Jacqui Webster PhD · Mary-Anne Land MPH · Anthea Christoforou MIPH · Creswell J Eastman AM, MD, FRACP, FAFPHM · Michael Zimmerman · Norman R C Campbell MD · Bruce C Neal PhD, FAHA, FRCP