Congratulations to Children’s Diabetes Centre’s Dr Aveni Haynes on being awarded a JDRF Postdoctoral Fellowship to inform type 1 diabetes prevention strategies by investigating early blood glucose abnormalities in at-risk children. ...

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After more than 25 years in the diabetes space, clinical nurse and credentialled diabetes educator Maxine Schlaeppi has retired.v ...

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The Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Initiative recently introduced universal subsidized CGM funding for people with type 1 diabetes under 21 years of age in Australia. We thus aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of this CGM Initiative based on national implementation data and project the economic impact of extending the subsidy to all age-groups. ...

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The significant and growing global prevalence of diabetes continues to challenge people with diabetes (PwD), healthcare providers, and payers. While maintaining near-normal glucose levels has been shown to prevent or delay the progression of the long-term complications of diabetes, a significant proportion of PwD are not attaining their glycemic goals. ...

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• March 2023

Would you like to help teach others with diabetes? The team at the Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre are creating nutrition education videos for children and their parents living with type 1 diabetes. ...

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The Big Questions Hypoglycaemia diabetes complications Research Contact us In Australia, about two new cases of type 1 diabetes are diagnosed every ...

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Summer holidays here we come! The holidays are finally here and while a lack of routine is welcomed by most, being out of routine can be challenging ...

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We hypothesised that adolescents with type 1 diabetes with a urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) in the upper tertile of the normal range (high ACR) are at greater risk of three-step diabetic retinopathy progression (3DR) independent of glycaemic control. ...

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This study used a prototype algorithm to look at the feasibility of home use insulin pump hardware (MiniMed 670G) for improved insulin delivery. ...

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• 2015
• August 2015