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Our exercise researchers have been working with young people with type 1 diabetes to create an app and we need your help to name it!

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CGM Information Night

Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic is holding a Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) information night on Wednesday, May 29.

Community forum and symposium a big success

The Children’s Diabetes Centre was honoured to have leading international experts Laurel Messer and Professor Mike Riddell as guest speakers at its community forum and research symposium recently.

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Communication key to successful school transition

This time last year Keira Reynolds was in a vastly different place to where she is today. Back then, the Year 6 student was coming to grips with a new type 1 diabetes diagnosis and finishing primary school, uncertain about what lay ahead at high school.

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Let's add years to kids' lives

Have you seen our recent letter about a new area of research we’d like to focus on to improve the heart health of kids with type 1 diabetes? More and more evidence is showing the importance of exercise and cardiovascular health but surprisingly there isn’t much research in this field.

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Research finds pumps deliver better long-term blood glucose control

New research from the Children’s Diabetes Centre at The Kids Research Institute Australia has found children who use an insulin pump to manage their type 1 diabetes have better long-term blood glucose control than those on insulin injections.

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Be as fearless as Emily

Meet eight-year-old Emily. She lives in Northam, has Type 1 Diabetes and stars in one of the videos for a new The Kids Research Institute Australia digital advertising campaign. Mother Kathleen Noble said the initial diagnosis was the hardest time for the family.

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Know what you are covered for

Recent changes to private health insurance policies are a timely reminder to check your level of cover, especially for those undergoing pump therapy.

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Helping to relieve diabetes distress

The burden of having T1D is enormous and our researchers are conducting a study trying to understand how we can help relieve diabetes distress.

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Have your say on exercise

Adolescents and young adults with Type 1 Diabetes are invited to be co-researchers at a summit to help develop the Children’s Diabetes Centre’s new exercise gui