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Festive food

We asked our food research lead and Accredited Practising Dietitian, Dr Amelia Harray, for her top nutrition tips and recipe suggestions to help you enjoy food and stay on track with managing diabetes over Christmas.

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Meet Laurel

Leading international diabetes technology expert Laurel Messer visited Perth to share her experiences with closed loop systems at the Children’s Diabetes Centre’s Community Forum on March 28.

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PJs for a day to help sick kids

Eleven-year-old twins Grace and Lilyana Musca had never spent time in hospital when they decided to organise a pyjama day at Hocking Primary School to raise money for sick children earlier this year.

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Would you like to have a mentor?

Are you a parent of a child with Type 1 Diabetes who could benefit from having a mentor.... someone who knows what you are going through?

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Free-living CGM Performance Study

Participants are needed for a new study that will test the performance of a new Medtronic sensor with readings from finger-pricks.

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Pump news

Pump update: New changes to health insurance premiums, pump information evening and more

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Paradigm shift: time to de-emphasise hypo risk in kids

It’s time to back off from the fear-mongering around severe hypoglycaemia, according to Children's Diabetes Centre researchers who point to increasing evidence that improved glycaemic control in children with type 1 diabetes is not associated with increasing rates of hypoglycaemia.

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Where's the meat? And what's it doing to my HbA1c?

Patients require on average about 50 per cent more insulin with a high protein meal than with a low protein meal. A study conducted by the Children's Diabetes Centre used an insulin clamp technique to determine insulin requirements to maintain euglycaemia across the different meals.

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Tips for a good clinic visit

The Diabetes Service at Perth Children’s Hospital cares for approximately 1000 children with diabetes. Read these tips to ensure you have a good visit.

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Ten Day Continuous Glucose Monitoring study – now recruiting

The Children’s Diabetes Centre is now recruiting for a new continuous glucose monitoring study.