Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP guide to SGLT2 inhibitors and kidney disease in type 2 diabetes

16th January 2020
Diabetes affects approximately 1.2 million Australians, with type 2 diabetes accounting for up to 90% of cases.1-3 The risk…
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6Minutes News

Man admitted for back surgery, gets diabetes diagnosis instead: case report

14th January 2020
A man admitted to hospital for spinal decompression turned out to have diabetes with associated muscle atrophy, in a case…
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Diabetic amyotrophy
Specialist Updates Endocrinology

Smoking cessation prolongs life despite weight gain

14th January 2020
Patients with type 2 diabetes who gain weight after quitting smoking still have a lower risk of premature death than those…
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Quit smoking
Specialist Updates Rheumatology

Diabetes drug class may reduce gout risk

14th January 2020
Treatment with an SGLT-2 inhibitor may protect against gout in adults with type 2 diabetes, research suggests. US…
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Gout
6Minutes News

Premature babies face higher risk of diabetes

10th December 2019
Premature babies may be more likely to develop diabetes as children and young adults than full-term infants, a new study…
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Preterm baby
Specialist Updates Endocrinology

Which children are most likely to progress to type 1 diabetes?

3rd December 2019
The risk of developing type 1 diabetes in children with multiple islet autoantibodies depends greatly on which combinations…
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Young children
Specialist Updates Endocrinology

Diabetes linked with incident vertebral fracture

18th November 2019
People with type 2 diabetes are more likely than others to develop vertebral fractures, a review suggests. Dutch…
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