GPs allowed to approve continuous glucose monitors — but only for veterans
GPs can now approve fully funded continuous glucose monitors for veteran card holders despite their ban from approving the devices under the National Diabetes Services…
GPs can now approve fully funded continuous glucose monitors for veteran card holders despite their ban from approving the devices under the National Diabetes Services…
Diabetes is the most common cause of kidney failure (37% non-Indigenous Australians; 69% Indigenous Australians) and around 50% of people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM)…
GPs are being advised to ration emergency glucagon kits and identify patients with type 1 diabetes with existing prescriptions in the wake of a critical…
Jamilla, 41, presents to hospital with epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting on a background of type 1 diabetes, diagnosed 11 years ago. During admission, she…
A GP who taught dozens of his own patients with type 1 diabetes to build unapproved medical devices to manage their condition says a new…
Kiwi research has shown the use of DIY automated insulin delivery could help patients with type 1 diabetes stay in their target glucose range for…
Jackson, a 24-year-old male, presents to his GP with a four week history of worsening polydipsia and polyuria. He reports he has also lost 20kg…
Diabetes mellitus is globally endemic and is one of the leading causes of blindness in adults. Diabetes may cause macrovascular disease, microvascular complications, neuropathy and…
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an endocrine disorder characterised by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic islet cells and an inability to produce insulin. The condition is…
All patients with type 1 diabetes were made eligible for the subsidised devices this month.
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