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The year 2020 has been marked by possibly the greatest health challenge to face modern society. The emergence of COVID-19 as a novel human pathogen
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Recognising the signs of type 1 diabetes (T1D) can be tricky. Often put down to growing pains, a virus or “something going around”, a diagnosis can take some time if children aren’t severely sick and attend an emergency department.
K-Lynn Smith is a Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation and Partnership Centre for Health Systems Sustainability at Macquarie University NSW.
Love them or hate them, but sleepovers are a popular pastime for children. Understandably, parents of children living with type 1 diabetes might be hesitant to leave them in someone else’s care for an extended period, but there are ways to ensure that everyone is prepared for a safe experience.
Nearly six return trips to the moon — 4,612,800km — that’s the incredible distance Telethon Kid Institute’s Children’s Diabetes Centre (CDC) staff have collectively travelled to deliver specialist care to kids living with diabetes in regional Western Australia over the past 28 years.
A diabetes diagnosis is a shock at any time but spare a thought for the Rustens who jumped on a plane to Perth from Kununurra within an hour of diagnosis.
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