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JAMA 1999 Theme Issues:

May 5	Cancer
August 4	Violence/Human Rights
September 1	Medical Education
October	Health Promotion/Obesity Research
November	Impact of New Technologies in Medicine (Global Theme Issue)
December	Atherosclerosis and Heart Disease

Condition-Specific Sites

The Journal of the American Medical Association maintains a series of easy-to-use, peer-reviewed collections of resources on specific conditions. Sites are produced by JAMA editors under the direction of a medical editor and expert editorial review panels and made possible with grant support from leading pharmaceutical companies.

Current sites include: HIV/AIDS, Asthma, Migraine, and Women's Health.

Computers in Medicine theme issue

The October 21 issue of JAMA explored the way computers and the Internet are affecting medicine. Several pieces from that issue, and a related report from the October 14 issue, are available on this site in full text.

Quality of Web health information

A report in the Feb. 25, 1998, issue of JAMA looks at whether there are reliable ways of rating the quality of medical information available on the Internet. The authors' conclusion? Not yet. The full text of that report is available on this site, as is a related editorial in the April 16, 1997, edition of JAMA, which called for core standards to help health care professionals and patients alike better assess the quality of medical information on the Internet. You can read the full text of the editorial on this site. Let the authors know what you think through a letter to the editor or an e-mail comment.

Physicians, access the Internet

Interested in learning to surf the Net but aren't sure how to get started? Or are you an established surfer who would like to help your colleagues get connected? Then you'll want to know more about the AMA's Physician Accessing the Internet, or PAI, Project. This educational initiative, announced in a May 1, 1996, JAMA editorial, can direct you to existing Internet training programs or help you design your own. For more information, visit the PAI Project Web site.

The Third International Congress on Peer Review in Biomedical Publication, a series of conferences assessing the science of peer review and biomedical communication, was held in Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 17-21, 1997. For more details on this exciting meeting, visit the Peer Review Congress home page.