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Recruits needed for coeliac and diabetes studyOur researchers want to know if starting a gluten-free diet reduces daily glycaemic variability in children and young people with both type 1 diabetes and newly-diagnosed coeliac disease.
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Recruits wanted for water immersion studyThis University of Western Australia study, being conducted by a PhD student who is working with the Children's Diabetes Centre, aims to determine for the first time whether head out of water immersion or water-based exercise affects blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes.
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'No more needles!' Thomas' pump storyFebruary 22, 1999 will forever be etched into the memory of Thomas Johns as it marks the day he became the first child in Australia to be fitted with an insulin pump.
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Science Week at the Discovery CentreThe Kids Discovery Centre is celebrating National Science Week 2020 (August 17-21) with several exciting programs
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Diabetes distress and teensDuring National Diabetes Week, we take a look at diabetes distress and what research the Children's Diabetes Centre is doing to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people with diabetes and their families.
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Who are our mental health and school researchers and what do they do?A new ongoing Q & A series focusing on different research themes within the Children’s Diabetes Centre - focus: mental health and schools teams.
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Who are our exercise researchers and what do they do?A new ongoing Q & A series focusing on different research themes within the Children’s Diabetes Centre - focus: exercise team.
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Toddlers and diabetesCaring for a child with type 1 diabetes is challenging, and perhaps even more so when the child is a toddler. Mindful of this and considering the unique needs of families caring for very young children with type 1 diabetes, PCH's Diabetes Clinic is currently
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Face-to-face clinics set to resumeWith COVID-19 currently under control in WA, Perth Children's Hospital's diabetes Service is beginning to plan for a return to best practice face-to-face care in clinics in the coming months.
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Type 1 diabetes in children - RTR FM interviewDid you catch Professor Liz Davis, co-director of the Children's Diabetes Centre and head of Perth Children's Hospital's endocrinology department, on RTR FM's Fitter Happier segment recently?