1994-1998 reports

Council name change: To more fully reflect the scope of the issues it addresses, the name of the Council on Scientific Affairs (CSA) was changed in June 2005 to the Council on Science and Public Health (CSAPH). Read more.

On this Web site, Council reports from 1994 through the 2005 AMA Annual Meeting continue to be posted as CSA reports. Council reports from the June 2006 AMA Annual Meeting on will be posted as CSAPH reports.

Summaries and recommendations of Council reports

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1998 Annual Meeting of the AMA (PDF, 156KB)
1998 Interim Meeting of the AMA (PDF, 157KB)

1997 Annual Meeting of the AMA (PDF, 162KB)
1997 Interim Meeting of the AMA (PDF, 128KB)

1996 Annual Meeting of the AMA (PDF, 117KB)
1996 Interim Meeting of the AMA (PDF, 127KB)

1995 Annual Meeting of the AMA (PDF, 107KB)
1995 Interim Meeting of the AMA (PDF, 114KB)

1994 Annual Meeting of the AMA (PDF, 123KB)
1994 Interim Meeting of the AMA (PDF, 128 KB)

Full-text reports

1998 Annual Meeting:
Safety in dispensing prescriptions
PSA screening as covered services under Medicare (see PDF of 1998 Annual Meeting)
Asthma control
Risk of transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to humans in the United States
Dioxin and medical waste incineration (see PDF of 1998 Annual Meeting)
Airborne infections on commercial flights
Race and ethnicity as variables in medical research

1998 Interim Meeting:
Priorities in clinical preventive services (see PDF of 1998 Interim Meeting)
Physician education of their patients about prescription medications
Economic impact of PASARR on hospitals (see PDF of 1998 Interim Meeting)
Importation of foreign blood and blood products into the United States
Air travel safety
Options for improving motorcycle safety
Preservation of medical records (see PDF of the 1998 Interim Meeting)
Truth in nutrition labeling related to trans fatty acids (see PDF of 1998 Interim Meeting)

1997 Annual Meeting:
Calcium supplementation, hormone replacement therapy, and osteoporosis
Reduction of medical and public health consequences of drug abuse
Heat-related illness during extreme weather emergencies
Alternative medicine
Folk remedies among ethnic subgroups
Drivers impaired by alcohol

1997 Interim Meeting:
Helmets for recreational skiing and other winter sports in children and adolescents
Recycling of nursing home drugs
Bonding programs for women prisoners and their newborn children
Norplant System contraceptive inserts
Medical marijuana

1996 Annual Meeting:
Hyponatremic seizures among children fed commercial bottled drinking water
Evidence-based principles of discharge and discharge criteria

1996 Interim Meeting:
Establishment of a national vaccine authority
Thiamin addition to alcohol
Alternative therapies for the symptoms of menopause
Silicone breast implants and disease
On-site physician home health care

1995 Annual Meeting:
Substance abuse among physicians
Aspects of pain management in adults
Impact of 24-hour postpartum stay on infant and maternal health

1995 Interim Meeting:
American Hospital Association "management advisory" on no-cause drug testing of medical staff
Adolescent immunization
Folic acid relationship to spinal closure birth defects and adult vascular disease

1994 Annual Meeting:
No full-text reports available

1994 Interim Meeting:
Methadone maintenance in private practice
Lead poisoning among children
Effects of electric and magnetic fields
Violence toward men: fact or fiction?

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