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Exercise summit wrap up

The Children’s Diabetes Centre recently held summits for young people with Type 1 Diabetes to get their input into the development of new exercise guidelines.

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Unexplained surge in kids’ diabetes worries doctors

Doctors are worried by a record number of WA children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes this year, with about 30 per cent more cases than average.

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Don't miss our first Community Conversation

Do you have T1D or care for someone who does? If so, tell us what you think about our research and clinical service at our Community Conversation on November 21

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The diabetes trial changing lives

Seventeen-year-old Andrew says he has a better handle on managing his type 1 diabetes since taking part in an at-home research trial involving a sophisticated new pump system. Watch Andrew, his mum Leeanne and The Kids researcher Professor Tim Jones discuss the trial on Today Tonight.

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Insulin pump algorithm reduces hypo episodes in children with T1D

An insulin pump can halve children’s exposure to hypoglycaemia if it includes an automated system to suspend basal insulin when hypoglycaemia is predicted

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Are you replacing a CGM transmitter prematurely?

Are you replacing a CGM transmitter prematurely? There seems to be some confusion as to how long to keep using the transmitters.

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Wal-yan researchers to participate at scientific meeting for leaders in lung health and respiratory medicine

More than 15 researchers from the Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre will head to the Gold Coast this weekend to take part in at The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and The Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science (TSANZSRS) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM).

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Community bands together to improve lung health of Aboriginal children in East Kimberley

September marks the three-month milestone of an intensive health promotion campaign in the East Kimberley region, which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of a chronic wet cough in Aboriginal children.

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Common asthma drug gives hope for better lung health for some preterm babies

A new study has found a common asthma drug is effective for some very premature babies who go on to suffer from lung complications.

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New risk factor identified to help predict the long-term lung health of young adults born very preterm

A study which set out to determine ways to predict the long-term lung health of young adults born very preterm has shown that a childhood history of respiratory hospital admission should be a key consideration in the management of preterm children and adults.