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Coronavirus and diabetes: the different risks for people with type 1 and type 2
In early 2020, it seemed like people with diabetes were disproportionately dying with COVID-19, but the data provided more questions than answers. What type of diabetes did people have? Were people dying because the condition itself put them at greater risk, or because those with it tend to be older…
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Raising money for Covid19 – Read more
Hello As we’re all struggling to cope with this new way of life, we here at YesICanEatCake.com want to help out. We have created tshirts to sell with $5 of each tshirt going to the JGH Covid19 Fund. You can buy them at YesICanShop.com. Please help share this. Stay Safe,…
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Panic-buying for coronavirus affects diabetes patients: They can’t find rubbing alcohol
While the masses hunt for toilet paper, Caroline Gregory and other people with diabetes are on a different mission: scouring stores for the rubbing alcohol or alcohol swabs needed to manage their disease. Gregory stopped in Carlie C’s, Dollar General and Harris Teeter in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in pursuit of…
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JDRF Canada Information regarding Covid19
Shout out to @cindym1979 for this! For more information regarding COVID-19 please visit our website: https://www.jdrf.ca/coronavirus/ Here is the email address to use should you have any questions concerning T1D and COVID-19: T1Dquestions@jdrf.ca We held a Facebook Live (T1D and COVID-19) on Wednesday March 25 at 7pm with Dr. Rémi…
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Diabetes and COVID-19: Three Patient Cases
This transcript has been edited for clarity. This is my second video on the coronavirus pandemic and how it affects people with diabetes. I will try to do these videos routinely as new information becomes available. Let’s first tell our patients not to panic. I know these are unsettling times,…
