NEWSLIVING
The Medtronic Junior Cup Diabetes is
a 'World Cup' for children with Type 1
diabetes aged between 10 and 14. Lenny
the lion (Medtronic's paediatric mascot)
has invited 12 Countries to compete in a
7-aside football tournament to determine
which team is the best football side in the
world. The UK team this year are all insulin
pump users (though not all are Medtronic
insulin pump users) One of the aims of
the competition is to raise the awareness
about the benefits that insulin pumps and
in particular Sensor Augmented Pump
therapy (SAP) can give to young children
and teenagers.
The 2014 competition will take place
from the 22nd- 24th August in the Sports
Centre Papendal in Arnhem, Holland.
Each of the 11 players is really looking
forward to representing the UK team and
will be role models for other children to
show that having Type 1 diabetes need
not prevent you from taking part in sport.
Defender Josh Mather was diagnosed
with Type 1 in April 2009, he was put on
an insulin pump in April 2010 and so he
has had his pump for four years now. His
mother says, "Before Josh started using
his pump, he felt very restricted in what
he could or couldn't do, he had to eat
at certain times of day, his activity levels
needs to stay consistent. Since having
the pump, it's given him his old life back,
he can eat whenever he likes, whatever
he likes (within reason) and has started
to play football. He has a separate basal
set up for days with high activity. He feels
more like a 'normal child' getting on with
his life. Having the pump has also helped
him decrease the amount of hypo's he was
having using multiple injections. Josh has
only recently also started on Medtronic's
CGM sensors and the benefits so far have
been extraordinary. The spikes that we
previously had trouble identifying have
now been clearly linked to certain foods
or certain activities. Having the CGM
plot out his results on his pump's screen
means Josh can almost forget about his
blood sugars as the system warns him if
it's going up or down too fast."
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YOUNG SPORTSPEOPLE ON PUMPS
Insulin pumper and footballer
Josh Mather above, and Lenny
the lion below.
Sleeping in a room with too much light
has been linked to an increased risk
of piling on the pounds, according to a
study of 113,000 women published in the
American Journal of Epidemiology and
reported on BBC News. A team at the
Institute of Cancer Research in London
found women had larger waistlines if
their bedroom was "light enough to see
across" at night. However, they caution
there is not enough evidence yet to advise
people to either buy thicker curtains or
turn off lights.
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