Our 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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Ever 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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February 22, 1999 will forever be etched into the memory of Thomas Johns as it marks the day he became the first child in Australia to be fitted with an insulin pump. ...

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During 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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We have put together some activities that you can do while you’re at home with your family. It’s important to talk to your family about how you are feeling, and we hope these activities will encourage those conversations while having a bit of fun. ...

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Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Service has been named a Centre of Excellence (COE) and Tertiary Level Diabetes Service with the National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC). ...

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If you have an urgent matter regarding the medical care of your child with diabetes you are encouraged to call the on-call paging number which has a new number. The new number is 08 6456 5993. ...

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Insulin pump company Ypsomed Australia has announced an offer for families currently using an Animas Vibe. ...

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Oliver Bowman is too young to understand the enormity of having type 1 diabetes but his young parents Brooke and Aidan know all too well the reality of having a child with a chronic disease. ...

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Seventeen-year-old Andrew says he has a better handle on managing his type 1 diabetes since taking part in an at-home research trial involving a sophisticated new pump system. Watch Andrew, his mum Leeanne and Telethon Kids researcher Professor Tim Jones discuss the trial on Today Tonight. ...

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