Diabetes Support Groups in Atlanta, GA
Diabetes is a health condition where your pancreas either does not produce the right amount of insulin or where your body produces insulin but it can't use it properly.
Type 1 diabetes is where your pancreas does not produce the right amount of insulin.
Type 2 diabetes is where your body does produce insulin but it can't use it correctly. Both of these types of diabetes have similarities and they have their differences. If you are living with this health condition you know the value of a good support system.
This article tells you where you can find good solid diabetes support systems in Atlanta, GA. Contact them for more information.
Southeastern Endocrine and Diabetes
Diabetes Self Management School
755 Mt. Vernon Highway, Suite 460
Atlanta, GA 30328
404-531-0051
Grady Health System
Diabetes Education Program
80 Butler Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-616-2601
Piedmont Hospital
Diabetes Resource Center
1968 Peachtree Rd
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-605-5592
Northside Hospital
Diabetes Education Program
1000 Johnson Ferry Rd
Atlanta, GA 30342
404-851-6280
Diabetes Association of Atlanta
The Diabetes Self Management Education Program
100 Edgewood Avenue, Suite 1004
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-527-7150
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
Specialty Center for Diabetes Self Management Care
5667 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30342
404-851-5100
Online Support Groups for home bound Atlanta residents:
Diabetes World
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetesworld/
Diabetes Support
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/Diabetes-Support
Diabetic Exchange Diet
http://groups.yahoo/com/group/DiabeticExchangeDiet/
Diabetes UK
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes-uk/join
Diabetes and More
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DiabetesAndMore
Diabetes Support Group
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/groups/Diabetes_Support_Group/
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