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Research Boost for Diabetes Team at Princess Margaret HospitalAfter an intensely competitive process, the research team at Princess Margaret Hospital were awarded $5.2million from a joint JDRF/NHMRC research grant.
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Exercise and hypo awareness studyOur researchers want to assess whether a home-based program of either low-intensity or intermittent high-intensity exercise can improve the ability to feel hypo symptoms in individuals (14-35 years) with impaired hypoglycaemia awareness.
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Diabetes distress and teensDuring National Diabetes Week, we take a look at diabetes distress and what research the Children's Diabetes Centre is doing to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people with diabetes and their families.
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Lucia's journeyMeet 11-year-old Lucia, who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when she was 10. Read all about her journey and how she manages her disease in her own words.
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Medical AssessmentsPeople with type 1 diabetes require the completion of a Medical Assessment form for activities such as driving, skipper tickets and scuba-diving etc.
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Demystifying diabetes clinicsEver wondered why your child is grouped into a specific diabetes clinic?Clinical Nurse Consultant Liz Broad said clinics were firstly grouped as metropolitan or regional and then grouped by age.
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Two new resources have been created for patients — Know the Numbers and Your HbA1c Chart.
We know many families have questions about the risk of COVID-19 to children with type 1 diabetes. To address these questions, Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic has provided information and resources to help you navigate this tricky period.
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Six months of hybrid closed-loop therapy improves diabetes-specific positive well-being, and reduces diabetes distress and fear of hypoglycemia: secondary analysis of a controlled trialThis analysis aimed to investigate diabetes-specific psychological outcomes among adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) using hybrid closed-loop (HCL) versus standard therapy.