Useful Links

CCMDweb.org is the Committee on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases™ (CCMD™) cholesterol-management resource for healthcare professionals. This award-winning website offers timely information on atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease risk factors, and clinical trials involving lipid modification therapy. For more information, go to
CCMDweb.org.

The National Diabetes Education Initiative
® (NDEI
®) is a multicomponent educational program on type 2 diabetes designed for cardiologists, endocrinologists, diabetologists, primary care physicians, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care and management of patients with type 2 diabetes. NDEI programs address issues concerning insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, from the epidemiology and pathophysiology of the disease and its associated complications to the therapeutic options for treatment and prevention. For more information, go to
ndei.org.

The National Campaign to Control Hypertension
SM (NCCH
SM), an educational initiative sponsored by Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services
®, introduces controlhypertension.org. This engaging new website features CME programs and activities for physicians and other healthcare professionals who treat patients with hypertension and its associated conditions, including diabetes, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and kidney disease.
Enhance your personal presentation or improve patient care and compliance by accessing a broad range of fully downloadable slides, newsletters, and cutting edge patient-education materials. All content is guided and reviewed by leading hypertension experts. For more information, go to
controlhypertension.org.

The National Initiative on Pain Control
® (NIPC
®) has launched PainKnowledge.org, a one-stop resource for primary care physicians, neurologists, and other healthcare professionals who treat patients suffering from pain. This comprehensive website features interactive CME and CE activities, dynamic slide libraries, newsletters, literature summaries, a Q&A section featuring questions answered by experts in the field of pain management, customizable patient education materials, resources, and much more. Visit
PainKnowledge.org for more information.