Dr Carmel Smart Dr Carmel Smart (APD, PhD) is a Specialist Diabetes Dietitian at the John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle and is completing ...

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The objective of this study was to determine whether real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) with preset alarms at specific glucose levels would prove... ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

Honours Scholarship The Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre; A JDRF Global Centre of Excellence, (“the Centre”) based at the Telethon Kids Institute ...

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Meet Kelly – the latest addition to the PMH Diabetes and Endocrinology clinic. ...

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We know that caring for a child with type 1 diabetes (T1D) can be incredibly challenging. We also know that caregivers of children with T1D experience high levels of distress and anxiety. We are looking to better understand what this experience is like for caregivers so that we can identify ...

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Our researchers are trying to find out, but we need your help for a new study looking at oxidative stress, blood glucose fluctuations and how it affects people living with type 1 diabetes. ...

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Current continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems measure glucose levels in the interstitial fluid to estimate blood glucose concentration. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2010
• November 2010

Continuous glucose monitoring systems are used in therapeutic decisions for diabetes management, however, the impact of body composition on CGM accuracy is not known. Body composition variables were collected in an observational study designed to determine the accuracy of an investigational Medtronic Guardian™ sensor 3. ...

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• 2023
• August 2023

Did you know that regular exercise can literally add years to the lives of children living with Type 1 Diabetes? ...

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Our type 1 diabetes community has said that one of the biggest challenges for young people participating in sport is that coaches do not know about or understand diabetes. ...

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