Novel blood test predicts kidney disease A blood test for detecting risk of developing diabetic kidney disease is now available in Australia, but a GP expert raises some concerns.
GPs able to initiate FP 50 prescriptions again The revised listing follows a concerted advocacy campaign and was confirmed on the same day as a number of other PBS changes.
Alert issued over diabetic ketoacidosis risk GPs are being warned about the small but definite risk of complications associated with an increasingly common type 2 diabetes management medication.
Take your socks off at the GP’s, diabetic foot disease expert says Diabetic foot disease costs the healthcare system $1.6 billion a year, has mortality rates worse than many cancers, and results in an amputated limb every two hours, according to Australian experts.