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Private General Practice Services Is Pleased To Announce That It Is Now Able To Provide Cervical Cancer Vaccinations To Female P

Private General Practice Services Is Pleased To Announce That It Is Now Able To Provide Cervical Cancer Vaccinations To Female P

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

LEICESTER, England, January 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Did you know that you can now be immunized against cervical cancer? This is because cervical cancer is not hereditary but caused by the HPV (wart) virus. HPV goes hand in hand with cervical cancer which is the second most common cancer worldwide, in women under 45.

"This is without doubt, one of the most exciting medical developments this millennium. Thankfully you can now protect yourself through vaccination as well as regular screening. Vaccination is particularly suitable for young girls before they become sexually active but can also be effective for any woman up to age 55 or so," says Dr Julia Piper of Private General Practice Services in Leicester.

What Causes Cervical Cancer?

Stylo Barratt Puts Itself In Shoppers' Shoes With Planalytics(R)

Stylo Barratt Puts Itself In Shoppers' Shoes With Planalytics(R)

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Planalytics Inc. announced today that Stylo Barratt Shoes Limited, a leading footwear retailer in the UK and Ireland, has licensed its Business Weather Intelligence(SM) Platform. Planalytics will provide Stylo Barratt with category level weather-driven demand profiles and projections -- information that helps them better anticipate customer needs and proactively address weather's impact on trading.

ImmunoVaccine Technologies Licenses The VacciMax(R) Platform To Pfizer Animal Health For Future Animal Vaccine Applications

ImmunoVaccine Technologies Licenses The VacciMax(R) Platform To Pfizer Animal Health For Future Animal Vaccine Applications

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

HALIFAX, Canada, January 14 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc. (IVT), announced today that it had signed licensing agreements for Pfizer Animal Health to apply IVT's novel VacciMax(R) vaccine platform to the potential development of future, particular livestock vaccines.

Although terms of the agreements were not disclosed, IVT will receive upfront signing fees, milestone and royalty payments.

"We are excited that Pfizer plans to commercialize our technology," said Dr. Randal Chase, President and CEO of ImmunoVaccine Technologies. "We look forward to further discussions with Pfizer to integrate the VacciMax(R) platform into more applications in the fields of animal health care."

About the VacciMax(R) Platform

U.K. And France Enjoy A Robust Online Christmas Shopping Season

U.K. And France Enjoy A Robust Online Christmas Shopping Season

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Germany's Season Was Not So Jolly

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its final study of the online shopping activity of U.K., French and German consumers during the 2007 Christmas season. This study tracked the number of visits to online retail sites each week for the complete period between October 29 and December 23, using data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service.

Online Shopping Activity Peaks in First Two Weeks of December

King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology Names Professor Choon Fong Shih Founding President

King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology Names Professor Choon Fong Shih Founding President

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- National University of Singapore President is Widely Recognized Global Leader in Academic and Corporate Scientific Research

After an extensive international search among top academic research leaders, His Excellency Minister Ali Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia and Chairman of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Board of Trustees, today aannounced that Professor Choo Fong Shih will be the Founding President of KAUST, the new world-class, graduate-level scientific research university now under development in Saudi Arabia. He is expected to assume his duties on December 1, 2008.

Finjan Uncovers Insidious New Variant Of Crimeware Toolkit Infecting More Than 10,000 US Websites In December

Finjan Uncovers Insidious New Variant Of Crimeware Toolkit Infecting More Than 10,000 US Websites In December

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

SAN JOSE, California, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- In its Just-Released Malicious Page of the Month Report, Finjan Explores the "random js toolkit,"the Latest Example in the Trend Among Cybercriminals to Undermine 'Trusted' Web Sites

Africast TV Provides Live Coverage Of Kenya Election

Africast TV Provides Live Coverage Of Kenya Election

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

NEW YORK, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Broadcasts are being viewed worldwide by a growing audience of Kenyan expatriates and Kenya-watchers

Africast Global Media Inc., the world's leading broadcaster of African television over broadband Internet, is seeing a big surge in its viewership by Kenyans around the world and others who are keenly interested in following political developments in Kenya.

Africast (www.africast.tv) streams real-time and archived programming from KTN, Kenya's premier TV network, to Kenyans in the Diaspora, for viewing online on computers and via IPTV direct to television sets.

Quest To Find Water On The Moon Moves Closer To Launch

Quest To Find Water On The Moon Moves Closer To Launch

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

Cameras and sensors that will look for the presence of water on the moon have completed validation tests and been shipped to the manufacturer of NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite.

The science instruments for the satellite, which is known as LCROSS, departed NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field Calif., for the Northrop Grumman Corporation's facility in Redondo Beach, Calif. to be integrated with the spacecraft. A video file is available on NASA Television. LCROSS is scheduled to launch with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., by the end of 2008.

Planar's Clarity RP & RX Rear-Projection Displays For Control Room Environments Now Shipping

Planar's Clarity RP & RX Rear-Projection Displays For Control Room Environments Now Shipping

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

BEAVERTON, Oregon, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Offerings to be Exhibited for the First Time in Europe at ISE Show

Planar Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLNR), a worldwide leader in specialty display solutions, today announced availability of the Clarity RP and RX rear-projection displays designed to deliver a superior level of visual performance for demanding control room environments, such as government/military, broadcast, utility and transportation. Planar's RX and award-winning RP control room displays, announced at InfoComm in June, demonstrate the company's continued commitment to providing leading-edge display solutions for complex applications.

Malvern Boilers Named Sub-Contractor For Initial Volumes Of Disenco Energy's Disruptive Home Energy Producing Appliance

Malvern Boilers Named Sub-Contractor For Initial Volumes Of Disenco Energy's Disruptive Home Energy Producing Appliance

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

SHEFFIELD, England, January 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Local energy enabler Disenco Energy plc (TSX:DIS) today announces the appointment of Britain's Malvern Boilers Limited as sub-contractor to produce initial volumes of the condensing boiler element and final assembly of its unique home energy producing appliance, HomePowerPlant.

The appointment follows that of Autocraft Industries UK last week as engine manufacturer for the appliance. Engines from Autocraft will be incorporated into the appliance at Malvern Boilers facilities utilising the latest lean manufacturing techniques, enabling Disenco to meet initial demand for its disruptive product.

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center And St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Announce The First Annual Neuroscience Frontiers Conference In Du

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center And St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Announce The First Annual Neuroscience Frontiers Conference In Du

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

HOUSTON, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Expert Faculty to Present Updates on the Latest Neuroscience Research and Clinical Treatments

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, renowned institutions from Houston's Texas Medical Center, announced the first Neuroscience Frontiers Conference, which will take place at the Grand Hyatt in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on January 21, 2008.

Old School Math Delivers New Ideas About Interstellar Shock Waves

Old School Math Delivers New Ideas About Interstellar Shock Waves

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

Who needs a computer? Two theoretical physicists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute grabbed a piece of paper and described the motion of interstellar shock waves — violent events associated with the birth of stars and planets.

The mathematical solution developed by Wayne Roberge, lead author and professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy at Rensselaer and his colleague, adjunct professor Glenn Ciolek, reveals the force and movement of shock waves in plasma, the neutral and charged matter that makes up the dilute “air” of space. Unlike many previous studies of its kind, the researchers focused specifically on shock waves in plasma, which move matter in very different ways than the uncharged air on Earth.

Comprehensive Care International (CCI) Appoints, Senior Healthcare Executive, Jarvis Hoult, As Vice President Of Projects

Comprehensive Care International (CCI) Appoints, Senior Healthcare Executive, Jarvis Hoult, As Vice President Of Projects

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

TORONTO, Canada, January 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Comprehensive Care International (CCI), is pleased to announce the appointment of Jarvis L. Hoult, B.A., M.H.A., CHE as Vice President of Projects. Mr. Hoult is a senior health care executive with 30 years experience creating profound change within the global health care arena. Mr. Hoult will be responsible for designing and overseeing the execution of strategies to support CCI's growing international client base, ensuring success in the knowledge transfer of healthcare practices and healthcare technology.

Is Fish Oil Helpful Or Harmful? Yes

Is Fish Oil Helpful Or Harmful? Yes

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

Fish oil supplements help some cardiac patients while harming others, according to a new review of evidence compiled by St. Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto researchers.

In a systematic review of trials where patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators used fish oil supplements, Dr. David Jenkins and Dr. Paul Dorian found significant differences among the trials, indicating fish oil may be beneficial to some patients while having a negative impact on others.

“Fish oils can have complex and varied effects on the heart,” says Jenkins, a U of T Professor of Medicine who runs the Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital.

Your Auditory Cortex Is Unique - Just Like Everyone Else's

Your Auditory Cortex Is Unique - Just Like Everyone Else's

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

BBSRC scientists have found that the part of the brain that deals with sound, the auditory cortex, is adapted in each individual and tuned to the world around us. We learn throughout our lives how to localize and identify different sounds. It means that if you could hear the world through someone else's ears it would sound very different to what you are used to.

Recognising people, objects or animals by the sound they make is an important survival skill and something most of us take for granted. But very similar objects can physically make very dissimilar sounds and we are able to pick up subtle clues about the identity and source of the sound.

Baryonyx - Dinosaur With The Head Of A Fish-Eating Crocodile

Baryonyx - Dinosaur With The Head Of A Fish-Eating Crocodile

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

An unusual dinosaur has been shown to have a skull that functioned like a fish-eating crocodile, despite looking like a dinosaur. It also possessed two huge hand claws, perhaps used as grappling hooks to lift fish from the water.

Dr Emily Rayfield at the University of Bristol, UK, used computer modelling techniques – more commonly used to discover how a car bonnet buckles during a crash – to show that while Baryonyx was eating, its skull bent and stretched in the same way as the skull of the Indian fish-eating gharial – a crocodile with long, narrow jaws.

Dr Rayfield said: “On excavation, partially digested fish scales and teeth, and a dinosaur bone were found in the stomach region of the animal, demonstrating that at least some of the time this dinosaur ate fish.

Ian Wright Launches 2008 'Fitter Schools UK Challenge' To Help Make UK Children Healthier

Ian Wright Launches 2008 'Fitter Schools UK Challenge' To Help Make UK Children Healthier

Jan 14 2008 | comment(s)

LONDON, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

The 2008 Fitter Schools UK Challenge, launched today by Fit For Sport and ex-Arsenal and England football hero Ian Wright, is a national initiative designed to help improve children's fitness levels, establish life-long activity habits and make them healthier.

The 2008 Challenge, which is free to enter, is open to all schools including independent schools, specialist sports colleges and SEN schools from Y1 to Y11.

Fit For Sport is confident that the 2008 Challenge will surpass the achievements of the inaugural (2007) Challenge which included:

- 1m school children improved their fitness levels on average by 14.5%

- 3,000 schools participated.

LRX: Guilt-Free Luxury SUV Unveiled By Land Rover

LRX: Guilt-Free Luxury SUV Unveiled By Land Rover

Jan 13 2008 | comment(s)

Vegetable-tanned leather, a bio-diesel ready engine and sustainable carpet materials? It's the luxury SUV Leonardo DiCaprio won't be afraid to drive.

The LRX hybrid cross-coupe concept is Land Rover's attempt to create a new market - expensive autos for progressive rich people. It's also the first all-new Land Rover since Gerry McGovern became the company's design director.

LRX is conceived as being powered by a 2.0-liter, turbodiesel engine, capable of running on bio-diesel.

New Gene Study May Cause A Rethink Of HDL (Good Cholesterol) In Heart Disease

New Gene Study May Cause A Rethink Of HDL (Good Cholesterol) In Heart Disease

Jan 13 2008 | comment(s)

An international study of 20,000 people found seven new genes that influence blood cholesterol levels, a major factor in heart disease, and confirmed 11 other genes previously thought to influence cholesterol.

The international study led by researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health set out to identify or confirm genetic variants that influence lipid levels, and secondly, to see if those variants were linked to the decreased or increased risk of heart disease.

The results may lead the medical community to rethink the role of HDL (good cholesterol) and LDL (bad cholesterol) in heart disease, said Goncalo Abecasis, associate professor in the U-M School of Public Health.

Whole Organ Decellularization Yields A Beating Heart Created In The Laboratory

Whole Organ Decellularization Yields A Beating Heart Created In The Laboratory

Jan 13 2008 | comment(s)

University of Minnesota researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory.

By using a process called whole organ decellularization, scientists from the University of Minnesota Center for Cardiovascular Repair grew functioning heart tissue by taking dead rat and pig hearts and reseeding them with a mixture of live cells.

“The idea would be to develop transplantable blood vessels or whole organs that are made from your own cells,” said Doris Taylor, Ph.D., director of the Center for Cardiovascular Repair, Medtronic Bakken professor of medicine and physiology, and principal investigator of the research.

Nearly 5 million people live with heart failure, and about 550,000 new cases are diagnosed each year in the United States.