Diabetes WA and Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation are on the hunt for two young people aged 16-18 years with type 1 diabetes to participate in the Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Youth Explorer Voyage in the upcoming October school holidays. ...

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Are you aged 16 to 24 years and live with type 1 diabetes? Do you want to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of other young people living with a chronic condition like diabetes, asthma, heart disease, chronic fatigue, chronic pain or an autoimmune disease? ...

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It’s time to back off from the fear-mongering around severe hypoglycaemia, according to Children's Diabetes Centre researchers who point to increasing evidence that improved glycaemic control in children with type 1 diabetes is not associated with increasing rates of hypoglycaemia. ...

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Participants are needed for a new study that will test the performance of a new Medtronic sensor with readings from finger-pricks. ...

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Eleven-year-old twins Grace and Lilyana Musca had never spent time in hospital when they decided to organise a pyjama day at Hocking Primary School to raise money for sick children earlier this year. ...

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Take a look at some of the published research to come out of the Children's Diabetes Centre recently. ...

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Patients require on average about 50 per cent more insulin with a high protein meal than with a low protein meal. A study conducted by the Children's Diabetes Centre used an insulin clamp technique to determine insulin requirements to maintain euglycaemia across the different meals. ...

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Leading international diabetes technology expert Laurel Messer visited Perth to share her experiences with closed loop systems at the Children’s Diabetes Centre’s Community Forum on March 28. ...

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Pump update: New changes to health insurance premiums, pump information evening and more ...

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Children with type 1 diabetes using an insulin pump have better glycaemic control than to those using multiple daily injections (MDI) of insulin, a new Children's Diabetes Centre study has found. ...

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