Diabetes Education and Resource Center
718.246.8600 or 718.246.8603
The Importance of Managing Diabetes
Living with diabetes can be difficult. Managing the disease often requires a strict regimen of medication, diet and exercise as well as regular monitoring to make sure that blood sugar levels remain steady. By failing to keep the disease in check, you run the risk of developing numerous complications, including:
If you're already experiencing these problems, visit your doctor or contact 718.499-CARE to find a new doctor.
Our Team
New York Methodist Hospital offers a multidisciplinary team of doctors as well as on-site diabetes educators and nutritionists to provide you with the comprehensive care you need to manage the disease and any related illnesses. We even offer bariatric surgery to help diabetics suffering from obesity to get both their weight and the disease under control.
Our Center's Mission
At the Diabetes Education and Resource Center, our mission is to provide quality comprehensive diabetes self-management education. We beleive that education is the key to empowering the person with diabetes to better manage his or her disease and avoid the complications of diabetes and achieve an optimum health status.
Find help in our Services and Support Groups.
View our brochure.
Contact us:
Diabetes Resource Center
263 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215
718.246.8600 or 718.246.8603
diabetes@nym.org
