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...recent afternoon in Charleston, S.C., a food fight began again. Not a fight, really, but a disagreement among the leaders of the state's SCORxE program - designed to educate physicians with unbiased and accurate information about prescription drugs. The basic issue: Should representatives of the program bring the doctors pizza for lunch? Sarah Ball, the indefatigable pharmacist who leads SCORxE, says no. The whole point of SCORxE, after all, is to counteract Big Pharma's hard-sell drug marketing. But sometimes you have to fight fire with fire, says Dr. Robert Malcolm, a psychiatrist and adviser to SCORxE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The States Take On the Drug Pitchmen | 8/12/2008 | See Source »

...doctors' most convenient sources of new-drug information is, therefore, also the most biased: the chipper, gift-laden pharmaceutical salespeople who come to doctors' offices bearing free samples, prescribing tips and copies of the latest study that shows how great their new drug is. They also bring food - pizza, doughnuts, chalupas, cookies - to help their sales pitches go down easier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The States Take On the Drug Pitchmen | 8/12/2008 | See Source »

...Most of the restaurants Obama frequented as a kid have disappeared. The Mr. Burger that he went to after basketball team practices on the corner of Dole and University streets - not far from where his parents met at the University of Hawaii - became a Pizza Hut and is now Robata Grill, a Japanese BBQ joint. Only Grace's Inn, a hot-plate diner full of favorite local dishes like chicken katsu, remains, though it has moved down the street a few blocks. One place Obama is likely to have patronized is Waiola Shave Ice, with the best frozen treat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Obama Goes Home to Hawaii | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

...Continental No charge for the first checked bag ($25 for the second), and it's holding the line on the other freebies, like drinks and blankets, as well as still offering free meals like sandwiches, burgers and pizza. But it recently raised its change fee from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airline Fees: Who's the Stingiest? | 8/6/2008 | See Source »

...chorus of, well, Bronx cheers). A Diamondbacks--White Sox series isn't out of the question either--which would inevitably lead to one of those goofy, symbolic bets that politicians always make over sporting events. Of course, the stakes will be far greater than just chili peppers and pizza a few days later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 7/24/2008 | See Source »

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