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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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Access to the new Dexcom G6 sensor

Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic has had a few queries about the new Dexcom G6 sensor, which recently became available in Australia.

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Dr Keely Bebbington awarded a JDRF fellowship

Congratulations to the Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre’s Dr Keely Bebbington on being awarded a JDRF Rebecca Davies Clinical Research Fellowship for her research that aims to prevent the onset of anxiety in children with T1D and their families.

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New Study: Self Compassion for young people

Study: Self-Compassion for Young People with Type 1 Diabetes PARTICIPANTS NEEDED:  We are looking for young Australians 14-17 years with type 1

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Community Forum Q&A

During the Community Forum, we had lots of fantastic questions for our guest speakers, researchers and diabetes health experts, but ran out of time to answer them all. We collected the list of questions and our expert team have kindly provided the answers below.

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Document Review - We need your help

Want a chance to help ensure documents produced by the PCH Diabetes Clinic are relevant and usable for children and families? This is your chance!

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Keeping on track over the summer break

Swimming safety Remember that your pump should not be disconnected for more than two hours at a time — if you disconnect your pump for swimming,

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Technology proves a gamechanger

Heidi Bucktin likes to think of her family’s life as pre and post continuous glucose monitoring – that’s how markedly different the two periods are in their journey of living with a child with type 1 diabetes.

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Welcome to the team Amelia!

We’re super excited to welcome Dr Amelia Harray to our research team. Amelia looks forward to strengthening the focus on food research to help children with type 1 diabetes and their families.

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Being active is key to heart health

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