August 2025

Peer Reviewed Feature Articles
Diabetes

Prediabetes: check, prevent, thrive – a national call to action

Zainab Abdul-Rahman, Sarah N. Parry, Victoria L. Rudland

Prediabetes is an intermediate stage between normal blood glucose levels and diabetes. Healthcare professionals should screen high-risk individuals for dysglycaemia to identify prediabetes, enabling early intervention to prevent progression to diabetes and its associated complications. A case study of prediabetes is presented in this article.

Peer Reviewed Regular Series
Perspectives

Diagnosing gestational diabetes: time for change!

Arianne Sweeting, David Simmons

The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society’s recent update of its screening and diagnosis recommendations for gestational diabetes promote the earlier detection of the condition and a life course approach. GPs have a crucial role in early testing and ongoing risk management, to ensure the best outcome for women with gestational diabetes and their offspring.

Perspectives

Surgical management of primary hyperparathyroidism: localisation strategies

Elizabeth Wootton, David A. Pattison

Primary hyperparathyroidism is common and may result in osteoporosis and renal complications if left untreated. Surgery to remove the hyperfunctioning parathyroid gland(s) is curative. Identifying the responsible gland(s) with imaging before surgery is associated with a higher likelihood of cure and improved patient outcomes. Several imaging modalities are available and selecting the most appropriate one can be challenging for medical practitioners. Three case studies with imaging findings are presented in this article.

Briefings