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Type 1 diabetes is well-recognised as a continuum heralded by the development of islet autoantibodies, progression to islet autoimmunity causing beta cell destruction, culminating in insulin deficiency and clinical disease. Abnormalities of glucose homeostasis are known to exist well before the onset of typical symptoms.
Advanced hybrid closed-loop (AHCL) therapy with the Medtronic MiniMed™ 780G system improves glycemia; however, the clinical outcomes in younger children remain less established. This pilot study aimed to explore the continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) metrics in very young children on AHCL. Children between 2 and 7 years of age and on insulin pump therapy were recruited.
The usual output following health consultations from paediatric services is a clinical letter to the referring professional or primary care provider, with a copy sent to the patient's caregiver. There is little research on how patients and caregivers perceive the letter content.
Besides the challenges associated with their teenage years, adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) encounter additional challenges of having a chronic condition.
Parents of young children with type 1 diabetes experience significantly better quality of life and reduced fear of hypoglycaemic episodes when given remote access to their child's continuous glucose monitoring, new Children's Diabetes Centre research has found.
The Children’s Diabetes Centre’s (CDC) annual workshop provided a great opportunity for diabetes researchers to get together in the one venue to showcase their work recently.
Insulin pump company Ypsomed Australia has announced an offer for families currently using an Animas Vibe.
Meet Charlotta Swenson Backelin and Louise Haggendal. The medical students, from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, have spent the past two months helping the The Kids’ Children’s Diabetes Centre conduct exercise research as part of their degrees.
Oliver Bowman is too young to understand the enormity of having type 1 diabetes but his young parents Brooke and Aidan know all too well the reality of having a child with a chronic disease.
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.