What local resources are available for diabetics and their friends and families?

What local resources are available for diabetics and their friends and families?

Anne Peters, MD, FACP, CDE (Professor and Director of Clinical Diabetes Programs, USC Keck School of Medicine) gives expert video advice on: How can I recognize when someone's having low blood sugar levels? and more...

Well, there are many local diabetes organizations that are subsets of national organizations, so there's the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, there's the W.H.O, there's the International Diabetes Federation, there's the American Diabetes Association, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a lot of different places which have national websites, and then local links. There's also specific help for those going experiencing diabetes whilst pregnant, with <a href="http://www.videojug.com/interview/gestational-diabetes">Gestational Diabetes</a> support groups too. In many places, there's recognition for certain programs, centers of excellence, there's people who are certified diabetes educators, there's all sorts of local programs that people can get hooked into, often your health care provider will know, and if not, you could search on the internet and find the more international organizations to try to get to a more local place. The other possibility is, if there's a university near you, or even a ways away, you could contact their diabetes department and find out what the resources there are, or get local referrals.