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List of works by James Donovan Best

22nd Gordon Arthur Ransome Oration: Is Medicine Still an Art?

scientific article published in September 2015

A VEGF/JAK2/STAT5 axis may partially mediate endothelial cell tolerance to hypoxia

scientific article published on September 2005

A simple method for quantitation of insulin sensitivity and insulin release from an intravenous glucose tolerance test

scientific article published on December 1, 1992

Acute and chronic effects of sulfonylurea drugs on pancreatic islet function in man

scientific article published on May 1, 1984

An exploratory trial of insulin initiation and titration among patients with type 2 diabetes in the primary care setting with retrospective continuous glucose monitoring as an adjunct: INITIATION study protocol

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Baseline Circulating FGF21 Concentrations and Increase after Fenofibrate Treatment Predict More Rapid Glycemic Progression in Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the FIELD Study

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Can primary care team-based transition to insulin improve outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes: the stepping up to insulin cluster randomized controlled trial protocol

scientific article published on 14 February 2014

Clinical outcomes associated with albuminuria in central Australia: a cohort study.

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Comment on O’Connor et al. Randomized Trial of Telephone Outreach to Improve Medication Adherence and Metabolic Control in Adults With Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2014;37:3317–3324

scientific article published on 01 March 2015

Contrasting action of short- and long-term adrenaline infusion on dog skeletal muscle glucose metabolism

scientific article published on 01 May 1992

Correction to the FIELD study report.

scientific article published in October 2006

Degradation of Calcitonin by Homologous Thyroid Acid Proteinase

scientific article published on 01 February 1970

Differential expression of GLUT12 in breast cancer and normal breast tissue

scientific article published on April 25, 2003

Effect of Hyperglycemiaper seon Glucose Disposal and Clearance in Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetics*

scientific article published on 01 April 1983

Effect of fenofibrate on uric acid and gout in type 2 diabetes: a post-hoc analysis of the randomised, controlled FIELD study.

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Effectiveness of general practice based, practice nurse led telephone coaching on glycaemic control of type 2 diabetes: the Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health (PEACH) pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 18 September 2013

Epigenetic Markers to Predict Conversion From Gestational Diabetes to Type 2 Diabetes.

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Erratum to: Favourable effects of fenofibrate on lipids and cardiovascular disease in women with type 2 diabetes: results from the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study

scientific article published in September 2015

Evaluation of the three hour metyrapone test in adults

scientific article published on 01 July 1980

Favourable effects of fenofibrate on lipids and cardiovascular disease in women with type 2 diabetes: results from the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study.

scientific article published on 23 August 2014

GLUT12 Expression in Human Placenta in First Trimester and Term

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

GP-OSMOTIC trial protocol: an individually randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of retrospective continuous glucose monitoring (r-CGM) on HbA1c in adults with type 2 diabetes in general practice

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

GooD4Mum: A general practice-based quality improvement collaborative for diabetes prevention in women with previous gestational diabetes

scientific article published on 15 November 2018

Hemostatic factors in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations

scientific article published in May 2007

High density lipoprotein (HDL) particle composition in patients with end stage renal failure (ESRF) on chronic dialysis

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Hyperglycemia and β-Cell Adaptation During Prolonged Somatostatin Infusion with Glucagon Replacement in Man

scientific article published on October 1, 1983

Impact of insulin initiation on glycaemic variability and glucose profiles in a primary healthcare Type 2 diabetes cohort: analysis of continuous glucose monitoring data from the INITIATION study

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Insulin in general practice - barriers and enablers for timely initiation

scientific article published on August 1, 2011

Insulin resistance syndrome in Australian aboriginal people

scientific article published on September 1, 1997

Insulin secretion, insulin sensitivity and glucose-mediated glucose disposal in thyrotoxicosis: a minimal model analysis

Lack of a direct alpha-adrenergic effect of epinephrine on glucose production in human subjects

scientific article published on 01 March 1984

Letter to the Editor Regarding "Public Health Approaches to Type 2 Diabetes Prevention: The US National Diabetes Prevention Program and Beyond"

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

LeuB24insulin is an insulin agonist at the liver in vivo

scientific article published on 01 November 1983

Lipid levels and peripheral vascular disease in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Lipid-lowering therapy in people with type 2 diabetes

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Low-density lipoprotein size, high-density lipoprotein concentration, and endothelial dysfunction in non-insulin-dependent diabetes

scientific article published on November 1, 1997

Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia Diabetes Prevention Program (MAGDA-DPP) post-natal intervention: an update to the study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

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Mothers after Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA): A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Postnatal Diabetes Prevention Program

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National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: position statement on lipid management--2005.

scientific article published in December 2005

Novel agents for managing dyslipidaemia

scientific article published on November 1, 2001

Optimizing care and outcomes for people with type 2 diabetes - lessons from a translational research program on insulin initiation in general practice.

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Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health: The PEACH study--a cluster randomised controlled trial using the telephone to coach people with type 2 diabetes to engage with their GPs to improve diabetes care: a study protocol

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Plasma apolipoprotein (a) is increased in type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with microalbuminuria

scientific article published on November 1, 1992

Proximal myopathy and bone pain as the presenting features of coeliac disease

scientific article published on January 1, 2002

Recommendations for promoting healthier lifestyles in postpartum women after gestational diabetes

scientific article published on 22 December 2019

Reduced arterial elasticity in rheumatoid arthritis and the relationship to vascular disease risk factors and inflammation

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Removal of endotoxin by reverse phase HPLC abolishes anti-endothelial cell activity of bacterially expressed plasminogen kringle 5.

scientific article published in October 2003

Response to the Letter by Kawada et al. regarding the manuscript entitled "The metabolic syndrome and CVD outcomes for a central Australian cohort".

scientific article published in October 2013

Results of the first recorded evaluation of a national gestational diabetes mellitus register: Challenges in screening, registration, and follow-up for diabetes risk

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Reversing social disadvantage in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.

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STI-571 inhibits in vitro angiogenesis.

scientific article published in October 2003

Scaling up diabetes prevention in Victoria, Australia: policy development, implementation, and evaluation.

scientific article published on 06 December 2013

Secondary prevention of cardiovascular events with long-term pravastatin in patients with diabetes or impaired fasting glucose: results from the LIPID trial

scientific article published in October 2003

Stepping up: a nurse-led model of care for insulin initiation for people with type 2 diabetes

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Supporting insulin initiation in type 2 diabetes in primary care: results of the Stepping Up pragmatic cluster randomised controlled clinical trial.

scientific article published on 8 March 2017

Systems Medicine Disease: Disease Classification and Scalability Beyond Networks and Boundary Conditions

scientific article published on 07 August 2018

Systems Medicine-Complexity Within, Simplicity Without

Teaching medical students - tips from the frontline

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

The "cost" of treating to target: cross-sectional analysis of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in Australian general practice

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The Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program: improving diabetes care

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The STATs in cell stress-type responses

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The effect of epinephrine on glucose-mediated and insulin-mediated glucose disposal in insulin-dependent diabetes

scientific article published on 01 June 1992

The effect of norepinephrine on insulin secretion and glucose effectiveness in non—insulin-dependent diabetes

scientific article published on December 1, 1997

The emotional context of self-management in chronic illness: A qualitative study of the role of health professional support in the self-management of type 2 diabetes

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Transient epigenomic changes during pregnancy and early postpartum in women with and without type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 21 March 2018

Update on the General Practice Optimising Structured Monitoring to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes (GP-OSMOTIC) trial: statistical analysis plan for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Use of professional-mode flash glucose monitoring, at 3-month intervals, in adults with type 2 diabetes in general practice (GP-OSMOTIC): a pragmatic, open-label, 12-month, randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 01 January 2020