‘Shrunken pore syndrome’ flags mortality risk in T2DM: Aussie study
A low ratio of cystatin C–based eGFR to creatinine-based eGFR in people with type 2 diabetes is linked to mortality regardless of conventional markers of…
Tag: Diabetes
Semaglutide associated with vision loss in large observational study
A retrospective cohort study has linked semaglutide to double the risk of serious optic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes patients. Published in JAMA Ophthalmology, the…
Empagliflozin PBS listing expanded to patients with high CV risk regardless of HbA1c level
Patients with type 2 diabetes at high risk of cardiovascular events now have access to PBS-funded empagliflozin, whatever their HbA1c levels. The new PBS listing…
Tracking the source of a train hobbyist’s memory loss
Andy, a 52-year-old laboratory manager, presents with a six-month history of worsening memory and short-term recall problems. He also reports dizziness and occasional left leg…
Spot Dx — Can you answer the burning question?
Cheryl is a 55-year-old female who presents with a week of oral discomfort. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If you select…
Hundreds of doctors sent warnings for prescribing semaglutide on PBS to patients without diabetes
Health officials have started a mass letter mail-out to doctors they suspect are using the PBS to prescribe subsidised semaglutide to patients without diabetes. Without…
Certain diabetes drugs cut risk of COPD exacerbations: study
Patients with type 2 diabetes and COPD are up to 20% less likely to experience respiratory exacerbations when treated with SGLT-2 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor…
GLP-1 RAs linked to eye complications in JAMA case series
A case series has rekindled concerns about potential eye-related complications associated with semaglutide and tirzepatide. Published in JAMA Ophthalmology, it documents instances of serious ophthalmic…
Chinese medicine practitioner tells tribunal he did not understand that the pancreas produced insulin
A Chinese medicine practitioner whose patient died after stopping her diabetes medication believed that toxins were responsible for high glucose levels, a tribunal has heard.…
‘Medicine is witchcraft’: Parents who believed God would cure daughter’s diabetes found guilty of manslaughter
All 14 members of a fringe religious group have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an eight-year-old who died after her insulin was withheld.…
