Metformin not the answer to maternal weight gain in pregnancy

Hopes that metformin might prevent the adverse consequences of antenatal weight gain have been dashed by an Australian trial which found the drug had no effect on pregnancy or birth outcomes. The GRoW trial, conducted in 514 overweight or obese...

Hopes that metformin might prevent the adverse consequences of antenatal weight gain have been dashed by an Australian trial which...

Medical politics

Researchers spurn funding from Big Tobacco-backed “smoke free” group

Leading Australian researchers have stated they will not accept any funding or support from the tobacco industry funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. This follows similar statements from Australian and international public health institutions, including the World Health Organisation. The Foundation is...

Leading Australian researchers have stated they will not accept any funding or support from the tobacco industry funded Foundation for...

Hormones

PBS Growth Hormone Program access extended to adults

Adults with severe growth hormone deficiency will gain access to subsidised somatropin treatment from 1 December 2018. The current PBS listing of somatropin (Genotropin and Genotropin GoQuick) for children has been extended to include eligible adults. It is expected that about 780...

Adults with severe growth hormone deficiency will gain access to subsidised somatropin treatment from 1 December 2018. The current PBS listing...

Diabetes care

CGM with remote monitoring makes for happy families in type 1 diabetes

Parents of young children with type 1 diabetes experience significantly better quality of life and reduced fear of hypoglycaemic episodes when given remote access to their child’s continuous glucose monitoring, a WA study has found. While the randomised crossover study of...

Parents of young children with type 1 diabetes experience significantly better quality of life and reduced fear of hypoglycaemic episodes...