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New video: Diabetes in SchoolsAnthony and Zavier's mum Lucy talks about her contrasting school experiences in dealing with her sons' type 1 diabetes - with and without the support of the Diabetes in Schools program.
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Strengthening health systems to support children with neurodevelopmental disabilities in Fiji—A commentaryLeadership and collaboration has resulted in increased capacity in the Fijian health system to support children with neurodevelopmental disabilities
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Acute Tryptophan Depletion Moja-De: A Method to Study Central Nervous Serotonin Function in Children and AdolescentsSerotonin (5-HT) is widely implicated as a key neurotransmitter relevant to a range of psychiatric disorders and psychological processes. The role of central nervous 5-HT function underlying these processes can be examined through serotonergic challenge methodologies.
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Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Home Countries and Immigrants’ Well-Being: New Evidence from Down UnderOur findings suggest that immigrants in Australia have emotional or altruistic connections to their home countries
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New study: Diabetes stress and coping strategiesThe Children’s Diabetes Centre is investigating the ways young people, and their primary carers, cope with stressors associated with type 1 diabetes.
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Reading and numeracy attainment of children reported to child protection services: A population record linkage study controlling for other adversitiesA cross-agency response to supporting educational attainment for all children reported to child protection services is required
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The Deep Genome Project.The Deep Genome Project—to deliver the functional biological annotation of all human orthologous genomic elements in mice
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Hybrid Closed Loop and Difficult Foods StudyManaging blood glucose levels with different foods can be challenging. Our research team would like to know how the hybrid closed loop system, deals with these foods, compared to standard pump therapy.
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention during pregnancy and lactation: forget not the women and childrenThe framework for appropriately identifying and managing at-risk pregnant and lactating women requiring PrEP is poorly defined
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Early Life Ovalbumin Sensitization and Aerosol Challenge for the Induction of Allergic Airway Inflammation in a BALB/c Murine ModelThis protocol adapted an experimental animal model of disease for sensitization to ovalbumin during the immediate post-weaning period beginning at 21 days of age
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Antibiotic Allergy Labels in Children Are Associated with Adverse Clinical OutcomesThis is the first study demonstrating the negative impact of antibiotic allergy labels on clinical outcomes in children
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Cochrane corner: platinum-induced hearing loss after treatment for childhood cancerThis systematic review shows that children treated with platinum analogues are at risk of developing hearing loss
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Rockingham stalwart retiresAfter more than 25 years in the diabetes space, clinical nurse and credentialled diabetes educator Maxine Schlaeppi has retired.v
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Machine learning vs addiction therapists: A pilot study predicting alcohol dependence treatment outcome from patient data in behavior therapy with adjunctive medicationThe majority of staff and machine learning models were not more accurate than suggested by chance
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Donated pump a blessing for KyeLooking at him now, it’s hard to believe busy one-year-old toddler Kye Gilbert was extremely unwell in Perth Children’s Hospital’s critical care unit with a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes just a few months ago.
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Research roundupOur researchers have been busy. Here's a look at some of their work to be published recently.
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Thank you Greenbushes!The tiny south west town of Greenbushes has again proved it has a big heart when it comes to raising funds for charity following the hosting of its sixth annual Fun Run and Mountain Bike Event recently.
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Hypo awareness studyYoung people are needed for a new study looking at ways to improve hypoglycaemia awareness through exercise.
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Meet MikeMeet Professor Mike Riddell. Mike is the co-founder of the Physical Activity and Diabetes Unit at York University in Toronto recently visited Perth to share his research on exercise and type 1 diabetes at the Children’s Diabetes Centre Community Forum.