Click on the links below to access additional resources.

Educational Partners

	Clinical Medicine Today: Puting Knowledge into Practice This complimentary CME/CE series delivers current information to primary care and specialty physicians on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions. www.clinicalmedicinetoday.com
	Community of Best Practices: Improving Patient Care The Community of Best Practices is an online forum where clinicians can discuss and share their best practices related to diabetes care and management. This website includes audio and video presentations as well as an interactive blog and contest. www.diabetesbestpractices.com

Diabetes & General Health Organizations

American Association of Diabetes Educators
Develops, publishes and disseminates information to help guide the practice and performance of diabetes educators.
www.aadenet.org

American Diabetes Association
Leading non-profit health organization that provides diabetes research, information and advocacy to both patients and physicians.
www.diabetes.org

American Dietetic Association
Nutrition information, resources, and access to Registered Dietitians provided by ADA and the National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics.
www.eatright.org

American Heart Association
Committed to providing sound scientific information for health care professionals that includes latest research, conferences, continuing education, library and patient information on heart related diseases and conditions.
www.americanheart.org

American Association of Public Health
APHA represents a broad array of health officials, educators, environmentalists, policy-makers and health providers at all levels working both within and outside governmental organizations and educational institutions.
www.apha.org

Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation
Diabetes Action funds diabetes research and provides diabetes education, diabetic recipes, and free diabetes information booklets.
www.diabetesaction.org

Diabetes Care & Education (part of American Dietetic Association)
Promotes quality diabetes care and education by making positive contributions to people with diabetes and their families, providing an environment for professional growth to members and promoting clinical and educational research.
www.dce.org

Diabetes Research Institute/University of Miami
From innovations in islet isolation and transplant procedures to advances in cell biology and immunology, the Diabetes Research Institute is now harnessing the power of emerging technologies to develop new cell-based therapies to restore insulin production.
www.drinet.org

Institute of Medicine
One of the four United States National Academies, the institute of medicine is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization chartered in 1970 as a part of the National Academy of Sciences; its purpose is to provide national advice on issues relating to biomedical science, medicine, and health.
www.iom.edu

The Insulin Journal
Publication dedicated to the latest educational material relevant to the treatment of diabetes for health care professionals, which offers patient handouts, case studies and othe relevant diabetes links.
www.insulinjournal.com

International Diabetes Foundation
A worldwide alliance of 200 diabetes associations committed to raising global awareness of diabetes, promoting appropriate diabetes care and prevention, and encouraging activities towards finding a cure for the different types of diabetes.
www.idf.org

National Diabetes Education Program
A federally funded program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this site is aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes by offering latest research and education on diabetes.
www.ndep.nih.gov

National Health Council
Promotes the health of all people, particularly those with chronic illnesses or disease by collaboration of its members communicated through publications and other educational programs.
www.nhcouncil.org

World Health Organization
Promotes treament development, fosters health security, helps to strengthen health systems and harnesses research and information globally to improve care for the chronically ill and diseased.
www.who.int

Government Health Agencies

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - CDC
Government regulated organization that is dedicated to health promotion, health protection and health diplomacy with one of the leading research facilities in the U.S.
www.cdc.gov

Medline (National Library of Medicine & NIH)
Online resource for various health topics, information on drugs and supplements, use of medical encyclopedia and dictionary, physcian and hosptial directory, and current health news.
www.medlineplus.gov

National Library of Medicine (NIH)
The world's largest medical library located at the NIH in Maryland holding over 9 million items and linked to MedlinePlus, allowing free access to a central repository of journal articles online.
www.nlm.nih.gov

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
An information dissemination service provided by NIDDK which gains exposure through referrals to health care professionals, publications, the NIDDK reference collection and exhibits at professional meetings.
www.niddk.nih.gov

National Eye Institute
Government regulated organization which conducts and supports vision research and offers information on eye diseases and disorders online for patients and physcians.
www.nei.nih.gov

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health through investigator initiated grants and clinical trials. NIDDK also offers health education and information on various disease states online and through the clearinghouse publications catalog.
www.niddk.nih.gov

National Institute of Health (NIH)
The umbrella for many of the other sites listed above, the NIH is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research, which helps lead the way to medical discoveries to improve the quality of life for many Americans.
www.nih.gov

US Department of Health & Human Services
The principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential services such as; health and social science research, preventing disease, immunizations, assuring drug and food safety, providing medicare, developing health information technology, assisting low-income families, preventing domestic violence and child abuse, substance abuse treatment and prevention and medical prepardness for catastrophe's and terrorism.
www.os.dhhs.gov