Drug companies to reveal grant practices
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_go_co/drug_companies_doctors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080408/capt.7805ab11954d4ce195dd412b14f4ec3e.agriculture_budget_dcjl111.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jlNQgW8kUj1SCbW8nCd4Yw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Senate Agriculture, FDA, Rural Development and Related Agencies subcommittee Chairman Sen. Herbert Kohl, D-Wis. listens to testimony by Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2008, during the subcommittee's hearing on the Agriculture Department's fiscal 2009 budget. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)" border="0" /></a>AP - For years, the nation's largest drug and medical device manufacturers have courted doctors with consulting fees, free trips to exotic locales and by sponsoring the educational conferences that physicians attend.</p><br clear="all"/>

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