Novel Therapies in Mitochondrial Disease

At a Mito Information Day, Dr Michelle Lipke spoke about novel therapies in the treatment of mito.

 

 

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Can Mito Affect My Sleep?

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At a Mito Information Day, Dr Bhajan Singh spoke about sleep disorders and mito. Sleep disorders are known to cause fatigue, sleepiness, and impairment of memory and quality of life. Sleep disorders can also cause life-threatening health problems. Most sleep disorders can be readily diagnosed and treated.

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Mito Connect Call: Improving Diabetes Care

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During a Mito Connect Call, Maria Constantino and Dr Timothy Middleton from the Diabetes Centre at RPA Hospital explained the different types of support available for people with diabetes.

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Premature Ovarian Insufficiency and the Link to Mito

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Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Senior Research Officer Elena Tucker’s latest research has discovered new mitochondrial disease genes that can be integrated into existing diagnostic tests to improve diagnostic rate and patient management. Elena has found that premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a significant symptom of female patients with mito and that it may act as an early diagnostic clue to mitochondrial disorders.

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An Introduction to Carers SA

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Carers SA are the voice for carers across SA and provides support to the 250,000 carers across South Australia to achieve health, wellbeing, resilience and financial security. John will introduce carers SA and talk about the services they offer and how they can help carers within the mito community.

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Clinical Trials and Mito

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Clinical trials are a core element for any research that has the chance to go on to help people with mito and often people in the mito community are asked whether they would like to participate in trials, but what is a clinical trial? In this presentation Drago Bratkovic will introduce the clinical trial fundamentals; the how’s, the why’s and the what’s, and why it is that lab research takes so long to make it to the general public.

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GP Webinar - Reproductive options for mitochondrial disease

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In this GP resource, Prof David Thorburn closely examines mitochondrial donation and other reproductive options designed to support conversations involving your patients’ family planning.

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Mito Foundation NDIS Navigation Service

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Ruth Yuthok (Mito Foundation NDIS Navigator) led a Mito Connect Call to introduce the NDIS Navigation Service. This service aims to help people diagnosed with mito maximise their success in seeking support under the NDIS.

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Smashing the Diagnostic Odyssey

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At a Mito Information Day, Carolyn Bursle spoke about the diagnostic process; what progress have we made in mitochondrial disease diagnostics and what the future may hold.

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An Introduction to the Queensland Nurse Navigators Program

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At a Mito Information Day, Michele Hemmings (Mito Foundation) presents an overview of the Nurse Navigator Service Queensland on their behalf.

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The role of General Paediatricians

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At a Mito Information Day, Dr Quin spoke about the value of involving a General Paediatrician in your child’s care.