COPENHAGEN and TALLINN, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- European Health Ministers Meet to Focus on Link Between Health and Economic Success. New Charter on Health Systems Expected to be Signed

It has long been accepted that greater wealth allows people to make better health choices, but does the reverse apply? Does greater health lead to greater wealth, both on a personal and a national level?

Want to put your computer to good use while you sleep? Muhammad Zaman, assistant professor in biomedical engineering, recently introduced Cellular Environment in Living Systems @Home or CELS@Home for short. The program already has more than 1,000 computer users worldwide contributing to the project and the numbers are growing.

The idea is based on grid computing so instead of using local computing resources, which are almost always limited, Internet users worldwide can contribute their idle computer time, creating a "virtual" supercomputer to solve a difficult problem. In this case, the grid computing program is calculating cellular interactions in different environments to help understand the principles of cell migration and cancer cell metastasis, or the spread of cancer from the original tumor to other parts of the body.

LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

National Floor Show is pleased to announce the involvement of Homes & Gardens magazine at this years event, held from 2-4 September 2008.

Homes & Gardens, one of the UK's leading home and lifestyle magazines, will be carrying out some extensive research into the flooring industry over the next few months, setting up focus groups to discover buyers' thoughts and views within the industry, their product preferences and to ascertain the buzzing trends within the industry.

LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to today's announcement of a Healthcare Commission-regulated website selling contraceptive pills online, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) recognises that there are some benefits to such a service. When used safely and appropriately, online access to medicines and healthcare advice can offer benefits to patients in terms of convenience and accessibility, especially for people who are busy and can not get to the doctor.

NERYUNGRI, Russia, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that on June 22nd at the 60th kilometer landmark of Verhny Ulak Station of Baikal-Amur Mainline, together with Transstroy Engineering Corporation ZAO, a ceremony for the railway construction start-up was held. This spur-track will connect the Elga deposit with the Baikal-Amur mainline.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- CPA, the world's premier intellectual property (http://www.cpaglobal.com) (IP) management specialist, today announced the release of CPA Inprotech (http://www.cpaglobal.com/software) 4.0, the latest version of proprietary software designed to provide law firms specializing in IP with the ability to effectively and efficiently manage their practice.

A full service IP management solution that allows law firms to customize its functionality, CPA Inprotech ( http://www.cpaglobal.com/software/cpa_inprotech) 4.0 includes a new, comprehensive series of financial modules that address a wide range of financial management needs.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- CPA, one of the world's leading providers of legal outsourcing services and the world's premier intellectual property (http://www.cpaglobal.com) (IP) management specialist, today announced that Sandy Levy has joined the Company to oversee the implementation and execution of its contract management (http://www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing/contract_management) solutions.

Ms. Levy comes to CPA with more than 18 years of experience in the contract management field, in both the commercial and government sectors. Prior to joining CPA, she was Director of Contracts at Deltek Inc., where she participated in the development of Deltek's contracts management system.

NAGOYA, Japan, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Stockford Group Invests Over GBP600K for Business Growth and Appoints Channel Development Expert Neil Robertson as CEO -

Vectra IT, a provider of e-procurement and expense solutions (http://www.vectra-it.com) today announces that it has secured a +GBP600,000 investment from the Stockford Group. New Chief Executive, Neil Robertson, has also made a significant private investment in the company and will be responsible for migrating the company activity to a 100 percent channel-based business.

ORLANDO, Florida and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Application Performance Management; Security and Compliance; WAN Management; CMDB Discovery; and Data Center Consolidation and Migration Revealed as the Most Pressing Initiatives for IT Executives in 2008; Checklists Provide Overview of Key Capabilities VPs Need to Address Each Initiative -