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To the moon and back

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.

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Diabetes in Schools update

Do you know that the clinical team at Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic can visit your child’s school to administer glucagon or camp education?

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BANDIT trial update

The Children’s Diabetes Centre has had a few inquiries about the new BANDIT trial, based in Melbourne, and whether we are involved. Currently, the trial is only open to people who live in Victoria.The Centre is involved in other Australian studies aiming to better understand diabetes.

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Aveni awarded a JDRF fellowship

Congratulations to Children’s Diabetes Centre’s Dr Aveni Haynes on being awarded a JDRF Postdoctoral Fellowship to inform type 1 diabetes prevention strategies by investigating early blood glucose abnormalities in at-risk children.

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Have you got a copy of the new patient folder?

We recently launched our new and improved Children’s Diabetes Centre patient folder so don’t forget to ask for your own hard copy next time you visit the diabetes clinic at Perth Children’s Hospital.

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Outpatient check-in checklist

The outpatient check-in process at Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) differs to the way things were done at Princess Margaret Hospital.

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Seeking old iPhone donations

Perth Children’s Hospital’s Endocrinology and Diabetes Department is seeking donations of old Apple iPhones — no older than model 6 — to pass on to families starting on continuous glucose monitoring.

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Adolescent Transition Information Evening

Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic is holding an Adult Transition Information Evening for young people with type 1 diabetes on Wednesday June 19.

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James' brush with fame

Did you catch the kids’ takeover Telethon segment on the weekend? If so, you may have spied James Fernihough hanging out with Ch 7 television personality Andrew Denton in the The Kids Discovery Centre.

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Diabetes Research WA Grant for Dr Mary Abraham

Perth researchers have been awarded new West Australian funding to launch a pilot study into the use of oral insulin in type 1 diabetes – a medication intervention that could be a game-changer for those with the chronic condition.