{"id":42043,"date":"2020-05-13T19:43:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T23:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=42043"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:53:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:53:44","slug":"buse-explains-what-people-with-diabetes-need-to-know-about-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/buse-explains-what-people-with-diabetes-need-to-know-about-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Buse Explains What People with Diabetes Need to Know About COVID-19\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34408\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/10\/john-buse-podcast-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"john-buse\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">John Buse, MD, PhD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/john-buse-md-phd\/\"><strong>John Buse<\/strong><\/a>, MD, PhD, chief of the division of endocrinology and metabolism, director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center, and director of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, explains how diabetes is linked to more severe cases of COVID-19 in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/healthtalk.unchealthcare.org\/what-people-with-diabetes-need-to-know-about-covid-19\/\">UNC Health<\/a> article. He also encourages patients not to skip their <a href=\"https:\/\/healthtalk.unchealthcare.org\/3-tips-for-returning-to-your-doctors-office-during-covid-19\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">diabetes-related visits<\/a> with primary care providers or endocrinologists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want people to take care of their diabetes just like they would the rest of the time and not just focus on COVID,\u201d Buse says. \u201cIf you\u2019re doing OK and don\u2019t need bloodwork, we can do a <a href=\"https:\/\/healthtalk.unchealthcare.org\/the-doctor-will-see-you-now-online\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">virtual visit<\/a>. We can safely do face-to-face visits for people whose diabetes is uncontrolled or those who need a blood draw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/healthtalk.unchealthcare.org\/what-people-with-diabetes-need-to-know-about-covid-19\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Buse, MD, PhD, chief of the division of endocrinology and metabolism, director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center, and director of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, explains how diabetes is linked to more severe cases of COVID-19 in a new UNC Health article. 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