Paediatric diabetes care- my Dubai experience
After working 12 years in New South Wales (NSW) Health as clinical diabetes dietitian, as well as consulting in private practice as both an Accredited...
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App-solutley fabulous: Smartphone apps and type 1 diabetes management in children and adolescents
More than 80% of Australian adolescents aged 14-17 years own a smartphone, and are frequent users of phone apps1. Increasingly, children...
One year of DIY looping after 38 years of type 1 diabetes
One year ago I started do-it-yourself (DIY) looping with the hybrid closed loop system, OpenAPS1. I’d been living with type 1 diabetes...
Providing Support to Parents of Children with Type 1 Diabetes
If asked, many parents would be likely to agree that inheriting the “worry gene” is almost a rite of passage when having children. However, parents...
Registrations for Health Professionals – a tax perspective
In our last two articles we have discussed the different types of structures...
Australia’s promising landscape of prevention research
One day, type 1 diabetes (T1D) will be a condition we will only read about it in our vaccination records. It will also be the day that healthcare...
Editors Column
The theme for this edition of the ADE is type 1 diabetes (T1D), a theme that many of you told us you want to hear more about. From insulin basics to do...
Providing clinical and psychosocial support for insulin pump therapy: The consumer perspective
Providing the necessary education and support for insulin pump therapy (IPT) is the key to maximising the benefits of this intensive self-management...