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Predicting respiratory hospital admissions in young people with cerebral palsy

Most risk factors for respiratory hospital admissions in young people with cerebral palsy are potentially modifiable

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Reversibility of trapped air on chest computed tomography in cystic fibrosis patients

To investigate changes in trapped air volume and distribution over time and compare computed tomography (CT) with pulmonary function tests for determining...

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Population case-control study of cerebral palsy: Neonatal predictors for low-risk term singletons

For singletons with cerebral palsy (CP) who were born at term, the goals were (1) to determine the proportion not admitted to a Special Care Unit...

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Diabetes burnout - what is it?

Diabetes burnout is a state in which someone with diabetes grows tired of managing their condition, may ignore it for a period or become disengaged with diabetes management.

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Intranasal Insulin Trial II

If successful, this vaccine could prevent type 1 diabetes and the need for daily insulin injections in people at risk.

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Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015

Globally, life expectancy from birth increased from 61·7 years in 1980 to 71·8 years in 2015

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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines PREVenar13 and SynflorIX in sequence or alone in high-risk indigenous infants (PREV-IX-COMBO)

Otitis media (OM) starts within weeks of birth in almost all Indigenous infants living in remote areas of the Northern Territory (NT).

Mental health and wellbeing

We are trying to understand what underlies mental health problems in young people with diabetes, with a school-related focus, and how we can best treat them.

Early detection helps delay onset of diabetes

A world-first study led by Dr Aveni Haynes at The Kids’ Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre, is helping to detect early changes in blood sugar levels.

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'Artificial pancreas' helps ease diabetes burden

The Centre is currently involved in an international effort to develop revolutionary closed- loop 'artificial pancreas' technology. It is also leading a multi-centre Australian trial of these portable devices at home in young people with diabetes.