Diabetic students need breaks, support and awareness

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SCHOOLCHILDREN with diabetes are being urged to avail of the breaks they are entitled to during the upcoming Junior and Leaving Certificate exams to ensure their performance is not affected.

A group of doctors at the Department of Endocrinology at Temple Street Hospital in Dublin looked at a sample of their patients who had type 1 diabetes and sat the Junior Cert three months previously in 2012.

"Rest breaks are available for students with type 1 diabetes to complete each examination, but just over a quarter of patients in this study availed of this support," the doctors led by Diarmuid Scully found.

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle...ed-breaks-support-and-awareness-30300612.html
 
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