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You may have heard that Insulet has released the Omnipod DASH system in Australia. The DASH consists of a tubeless “pod” pump which pairs with a touchscreen Bluetooth® enabled controller.

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Health Hackathon

Congratulations to PCH Diabetes who put up a challenge that was selected for the recent WA Health Hackathon Week.

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New study: Managing T1D During Exercise in High-Level Athletes

The aim of this study is to describe the strategies used by competitive athletes with T1D to successfully manage their condition during sport and exercise.

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Research participation survey

We recognise that we can learn a lot from our families. This area of research looks at the reasons why families living with diabetes choose whether or not to participate in research.

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New Study: Sports coaches resources

Our type 1 diabetes community has said that one of the biggest challenges for young people participating in sport is that coaches do not know about or understand diabetes.

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New Eye Clinic

There's a new children’s clinic to revolutionise diabetic eye treatment here in WA. The clinic is a collaboration between the Lions Eye Institute

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New study: Mobile Food Record in T1D

We are looking for people aged between 9 and 18 years with type 1 diabetes to participate in a mobile food study. You will be asked to take images of what you eat over a consecutive four-day period using the Mobile Food Record App. There will be no dietary restrictions in place during this period.

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Starting young on diabetes research

Kalani Hancock (1) and her sister Avalee (4) are part of a world-first study looking at changes in blood sugar patterns in very young children at risk of Diabetes. Dr Aveni Haynes from The Kids Research Institute Australia and Perth Children's Hospital is part of the team leading this ground breaking study.

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Would you like to test our new exercise app?

We have been working with young people with T1D, other researchers and app developers to create a new smartphone exercise app called acT1ve.

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Hybrid Closed Loop insulin delivery system has potential to restore hypoglycaemia awareness

Short term use of a hybrid closed loop system might preferentially benefit people with type 1 diabetes who have impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia (IAH), according to new research from the Children's Diabetes Centre.