What do the Drug companies offer? Health? Nope; just money - for whoever will take it.

clipped from www.healthbeatblog.com First, They Came Bearing Trinkets for Doctors--Now, Junkets for Journalists Over on the always-excellent Schwitzer Health News Blog,  the University of Minnesota’s Gary Schwitzer spotlights a notice that appeared in the Society of Professional Journalist’s (SPJ) e-newsletter: “Interested in covering the health industry, science and medical research? Even more interested in using journalism to inform the public about the leading cause of illness and death worldwide? The National Press Foundation offers an all-expenses-paid four-day fellowship for journalists on ‘Cancer Issues.’ The program will be in Washington, D.C. Sept. 13-16. Fifteen fellowships will be awarded and they all include lodging, airfare and most meals. The applications deadline is 5 p.m. July 28, 2009."