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'Artificial pancreas' helps ease diabetes burdenThe Centre is currently involved in an international effort to develop revolutionary closed- loop 'artificial pancreas' technology. It is also leading a multi-centre Australian trial of these portable devices at home in young people with diabetes.
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What life is like living with type 1 diabetesEvery decision a child with type 1 diabetes makes can impact on their blood glucose levels.
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The hidden burden of diabetesWhen Jodie and Brad Scott welcomed their fourth child Heath into the world, they were prepared for the many sleepless nights that come with caring for newborns.
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Improving the lives of kids with Type 1 DiabetesDiabetes research got a huge boost when the WA Children’s Diabetes Research and Education Centre for Research Excellence opened late last year.
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Major focus for children’s diabetes research in WALaunch of the WA Children's Diabetes Research and Education Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) on the eve of World Diabetes Day.
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Environmental factors could trigger rise in type 1 diabetesNew research from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has revealed an unexpected pattern in the rate and incidence of type 1 diabetes
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Type 1 DiabetesA lifelong auto-immune condition that can affect anyone, but is most commonly diagnosed in childhood.
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Evolution of islet autoantibodies in the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) prospective cohortIslet autoantibodies herald early type 1 diabetes. However, less is known of the evolution of autoantibodies to the islet autoantigen ZnT8. Our primary aim was to characterise the development of islet autoantibodies in a pregnancy-birth at-risk cohort and to provide new knowledge about ZnT8A.
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Twenty-One Years and Still Going Strong: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Contribution of Young Adult, Adolescent, and Stakeholder Involvement to the ResilienceAdolescence is a period of rapid transformation when meeting targets for optimal diabetes care is often challenging due to competing life demands. For more than two decades a diabetes transition clinic in Sydney, Australia, has sustained positive outcomes and demonstrated aspects of resilience in the care of individuals living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) who have transitioned from paediatric to adult care. Many studies have focused on resilience in acute care setting showever, studies that examine the factors that support resilience in settings that care for individuals with long-term, chronic conditions such as T1D are lacking.
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A randomised trial of a trauma-informed well-being program to promote mental health in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: Study protocolChildren and young people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) experience high rates of mental ill health and stress due to the emotional and cognitive energy required to manage their condition. Our team has codesigned Wellbeing T1D, a brief trauma-informed online intervention for adolescents living with T1D. This 5-week intervention will teach skills to promote problem solving, improve emotional regulation and promote helpful thinking and coping.