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New phone triage systemYou may have noticed some changes to the phone triage system for Perth Children’s Hospital’s diabetes clinic recently.
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Ashlyn's gold medal runBig shout out to one of our regular research participants, Ashlyn, who goes to show that type 1 diabetes is no obstacle to achieving success in top-level sport.
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Family history drives studyA family link to type 1 diabetes has seen twins Nina and Lara Buonvecchi pursue study in health science – and join the Children’s Diabetes Centre to complete their pracs.
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Mentor project gets the thumbs upYoung adult and parent peer mentors can be role models who not only normalise experiences of living with type 1 diabetes but can act as symbols of hope, new Children’s Diabetes Centre research has found.
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Meet Perth's final ENDIA participantAustralia’s biggest study into the causes of type 1 diabetes reached a significant milestone when its last Perth-based participant was born recently.
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Should I send my child to school?With Term 2 commencing this week, many parents are unsure as to whether to send their child with type 1 diabetes back to school. To assist parents with their own decision-making process, it is important to consider the individual risks and benefits for each family.
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New position to help roll out schools programA Clinical Nurse Specialist position within Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Service has been funded as part of the Federal Government’s new Type 1 Diabetes Management in School program.
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T2D now being diagnosed in children as young as sixChildren as young as six years old are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according to Perth endocrinologists who are calling for early screening of at-risk groups.
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ENDIA milestoneAustralia’s biggest study into the causes of type 1 diabetes recently recruited its 1500th and final participant right here in WA.
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World Diabetes DayIt may only have been a matter of months since Abby Carlon was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes but already the 10-year-old knows more than most about the condition. That’s because she’s always kept an eye out for her little sister Mia who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was three.