Lack of funding hampers best practice in Cushing’s disease: expert

Comprehensive new guidelines on the diagnosis and management of Cushing's disease are difficult to implement in Australia due to lack of access or funding for some of the recommended tests and medications. Co-author on the international consensus guidelines Dr Ann McCormack...

Comprehensive new guidelines on the diagnosis and management of Cushing's disease are difficult to implement in Australia due to lack...

Type 1 diabetes

Closed loop systems should be available to all ages

Older age is not a barrier to closed-loop therapy, according to Australian research that shows it provides significantly better glucose control than sensor-augmented pump therapy. A Melbourne study randomised 30 adults over 60 years of age and with long-standing type 1...

Older age is not a barrier to closed-loop therapy, according to Australian research that shows it provides significantly better glucose...

Type 1 diabetes

Starting CGM at diagnosis of T1D ensures high uptake and continuation

Starting Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) in children at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is well received by families and leads to high uptake and long term continuation, a South Australian study has found With significant numbers of children with T1D not...

Starting Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) in children at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is well received by families and leads...

Obesity

Bariatric surgery an effective option for obese patients with NASH

Bariatric surgery should be considered for obese patients with fibrotic nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a major study suggests Published in JAMA, the findings of the Surgical Procedures and Long-term Effectiveness in NASH Disease and Obesity Risk (SPLENDOR) study show bariatric surgery was...

Bariatric surgery should be considered for obese patients with fibrotic nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a major study suggests Published in JAMA, the...