Spot Dx — What’s behind these shin spots?
Gerald is a 52-year-old IT technician who presents with a six-month history of otherwise asymptomatic pigmented spots on his shins. Test your clinical know-how by…
Tag: Type 2 Diabetes
Daily pill looming for GLP-1 receptor agonists? Eli Lilly drafting TGA application
Eli Lilly is preparing a TGA application for an oral GLP-1 receptor agonist to treat early diabetes following publication of phase III trial results. 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…
A Mediterranean approach to diet
The Mediterranean diet is a dietary pattern based on the eating habits and traditional foods from the olive-growing regions of the Mediterranean basin before the…
T2DM patients can target remission, says updated diabetes handbook
Type 2 diabetes treatments, such as low-calorie diets and bariatric surgery, can lead to remission for some patients, says new guidance from the RACGP and…
What World War II rationing tells us about type 2 diabetes
A study of postwar food rationing suggests that restricting exposure to sugar in early life staves off adult development of type 2 diabetes and hypertension,…
Medicare should streamline health assessment items, not expand them: AMA
The AMA has backed a single set of criteria for patients to access Medicare health assessments for chronic disease, diabetes and heart health checks. The…
TGA approves first oral T2DM treatment for kids since metformin
The TGA has approved empagliflozin for type 2 diabetes in children as young as 10, either combined with metformin or as monotherapy if metformin is…
Low-carb diets may raise risk of diabetes: Aussie study
Low-carb diets — long touted as the answer to curbing weight gain — may raise a patient’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 20%,…
Diabetes out of the blue points to a life-changing diagnosis
Keith, a 67-year-old retiree, presents to his GP with several months of weight loss and increased appetite. He is otherwise well with no past medical…
