As I'm behind on my reading, just saw this in the Jan/Feb 2002 issue of Mother Jones (www.motherjones.com). "...$4.8 billion...pharmaceutical companies spend annyally to pitch brand-name drugs to doctors. There is one drug-company salesman for every 11 practicing physicinas in the United States...[M]ost doctors claims that such promotions have no effect on their prescribing habits: In one study, 61 percent claimed no influence, but only 16 percent believed other doctors were similarly unaffected...The American Medical Association has launched a campaign to educate both physicians and the pharmaceutical industry about its ethical guidelines governing such gifts. But weaning itself from industry money is not priving easy: $645,000 of the campaign's $695,000 cash budget was funded by drug companies." Wonder if they through infant formula into the mix? Probably not! Johanna Berger, LSW Breastfeeding Counselor Bala Cynwyd, PA ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html