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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and the risk of childhood type 1 diabetes in Western AustraliaThe aim of this study was to investigate the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and type 1 diabetes in the offspring, using complete...
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The usability and feasibility of a self-compassion chatbot (COMPASS) for youth living with type 1 diabetesAlthough it is well established that youth with type 1 Diabetes (T1D) experience high rates of distress, current clinical care is often under-resourced and unable to provide sufficient or timely psychological support. The current study was designed to evaluate the safety, usability and feasibility of 'COMPASS,' a self-compassion chatbot intervention.
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Role of HLA-DQ typing and anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody titers in diagnosing celiac disease without duodenal biopsy in type 1 diabetesHLA-DQ typing is not cost effective as a first-line screening test for CD in T1D patients because of over-representation of CD permissive HLA alleles in this group
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Lipid profile is associated with treatment regimen in a large cohort of children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitusOur results indicate that pump therapy is associated with a better lipid profile
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Cholesterol and blood pressure drugs help teens with diabetesThe study involved screening young people to learn more about the development of long-term kidney, eye and cardiovascular complications in adolescents with T1D.
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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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Exercising Safely with Type 1 Diabetes – Development of Clinical GuidelinesOur research focuses on what are the best ways for patients with Type 1 Diabetes to exercise safely. We aim to develop clinical guidelines that provide improved advice for patients and educate patients on how to prevent hypos during and after exercise.
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Use of Hybrid Closed Loop therapy in hypoglycaemia awarenessThis study will tell us if the use of a hybrid closed loop system can improve awareness of hypoglycaemia.
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Longitudinal Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Plasma and Serum RepositoryThe Serum & Plasma bank was established to provide a store of samples from subjects with diabetes as well as their families.
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Australian Childhood Diabetes DNA RepositoryCollecting DNA samples from Australian families affected by diabetes.