Cancer patients are suffering unnecessarily because they wrongly believe that morphine and other opioids are only used as “comfort for the dying” and as a “last resort” rather than seeing them as legitimate pain killers that can improve their quality of life.

In a study published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology [1], experts in palliative care also say “the belief that opioids hasten death is widely held” amongst patients and this “has a significant impact on pain management, as patients felt that an offer of opioids signified imminent death”. Previous studies have estimated that between 40-70% of cancer patients may not have their pain properly controlled with the right medication for a variety of reasons.

It has been 35 years since humans last walked on the moon, but there has been much recent discussion about returning, either for exploration or to stage a mission to Mars.

HERTEN, Germany, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- A considerable reduction in carbon dioxide in the world's industrial and emerging economies is vital if global warming is to be counteracted. The problem can be solved by energy savings on the one hand and energy efficiency on the other. The German corporation Aqua Society has now developed a process which sustainably generates CO2-free electricity from waste heat at temperatures from 80 degrees Celsius, making a decisive contribution to achieving climate targets.

Electricity Without Carbon Dioxide From Low-Temperature Heat

Although psychiatrists are among the least religious physicians, they seem to be the most interested in the religious and spiritual dimensions of their patients, according to survey data published in the December issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Ever since Freud described religious faith as an illusion and a neurosis there has been tension and at times hostility between religion and psychiatry. Psychiatrists are less religious on average than other physicians, according to previously published data from the same survey, and non-psychiatrist physicians who are religious are less willing to refer their patients to psychiatrists.

DALLAS, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Kingdom sought trusted vendor for national ID project, e-government rollout to protect 27 million citizens

GOOLE, England, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

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Afraid of chemicals? Have a look in the mirror and all you see are chemicals - they are the building blocks of the human body - what we breathe and eat - yet perceived as something alien.

The chemical company Yaaparra Ltd has created a new tool to inform about the chemical ID of mankind - a 'Human Race Identification Card'. It is a different type of ID card that does not discriminate between individuals because chemically we are all of the same stuff..

LONDON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Company, Huawei Submarine Networks Ltd. Will Target Subsea Telecommunications Market

A new entrant in the submarine telecommunications market has been created with the announcement today that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world and Global Marine Systems have committed to launching Huawei Submarine Networks Ltd (Huawei Submarine.) A signing ceremony held this week in London commits both companies to launch the entity in early 2008. Huawei Submarine is the culmination of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by both parties in March 2007.

LEUVEN, Belgium, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- TB-402 Shows Clear Promise as a Stable Long-acting Anticoagulant for the Prevention of Thromboembolic Disorders.

ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels:THR), a biotechnology company focused on vascular and eye disease, announced that the results of the first Phase I trial of TB-402 were presented yesterday at the prestigious American Society of Hematology (ASH) 49th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. TB-402 is being co-developed in collaboration with BioInvent International (Nordic Exchange: BINV).

REDMOND, Washington, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Alleged counterfeit software sales linked to infamous counterfeit syndicate; Microsoft offers new guide on eBay to help consumers make safe buying decisions.

Every day, consumers are unwittingly put at risk for computer viruses, malware and spyware when they purchase counterfeit software from global online marketplaces.

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DUBLIN, Ireland and WASHINGTON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Excitement over Sedo-run auction generates record-breaking revenue, led by sale of music.mobi for US$616,000 and games.mobi for US$401,500

dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet domain for mobile phones, closed its 2007 online auction series on December 5 with a record-breaking auction that generated approximately US$2.3 million for the continued creation of mobile content tools like dotMobi's popular http://ready.mobi and http://site.mobi tools and its forthcoming device database.