WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- African Heads of State, U.S Delegates to Convene in Arusha, Tanzania June 2 - 6

In less than 30 days, The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation will lead U.S. based delegates to Arusha, Tanzania for its 8th Summit scheduled June 2-6th. Ethiopian Airlines, the official carrier for the Summit, will use two 767 jets to transport the delegates to Tanzania. The first flight departs on May 28th and includes a two night stay in Ethiopia's capital city of Addis Ababa. The second flight will depart on May 30th and will stop on Zanzibar Island for one night at Summit's end. Keeping in alignment with Reverend Sullivan's vision, both flights will arrive in Arusha on May 31st a few hours apart.

LONDON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Welcoming the launch of the consultation on social care reform, Simon Gillespie, chief executive of the MS Society, said: "We're acutely aware that most people with MS feel the social care system is failing them. The criteria for access to funding are too tight - the funding shortfall isn't 20 years away, it's with us right now.

"This consultation is a once in a generation opportunity for the government to fix social care. We need to make sure the young and disabled aren't left out because current provision for them is pitiful."

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LONDON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Top Tips for Healthy Teeth

- ATTN: Feature Editors

If you want a beaming smile but your all important brushing and flossing still leaves you frowning, take advice from Chief Dental Officer, Barry Cockcroft, on keeping your teeth and gums healthy.

Best brushing

In one year, we spend the equivalent of an entire day brushing our teeth - that's if you brush for the recommended two minutes, twice daily.

A toothbrush with a small head makes it easier to clean every part of your mouth, and a family strength toothpaste with a minimum of 1,000 parts per million of fluoride helps to prevent tooth decay.

600 million years of evolution has taken two unlikely distant cousins, turkeys and scallops, down very different physical paths from their common ancestor but a motor protein, myosin 2, remains structurally identical in both creatures.

Myosin molecules generate tension in smooth muscle by adhering to form a filament, which grabs hold of a neighbouring filament, and relaxes by letting go. When the muscle is in a relaxed state, myosin molecule folds itself up into a compact structure.

The discovery suggests that the tiny motor protein is much more important than previously thought – and for humans it may even hold a key to understanding potentially fatal conditions such as aneurisms.

ST. DAVID'S, Bermuda and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Warner Chilcott and LEO Pharma announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for Taclonex Scalp(R) (calcipotriene 0.005% and betamethasone dipropionate 0.064%) Topical Suspension. LEO Pharma submitted the NDA for Taclonex Scalp(R) to the FDA in July 2007. Taclonex Scalp(R) is a topical suspension containing a combination of calcipotriene 0.005% and betamethasone dipropionate 0.064% for the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis vulgaris of the scalp in adults. Taclonex Scalp(R) is called Xamiol(R) outside the United States.

PARIS and MUMBAI, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- To Start With, Joint Venture to Provide Managed Services to Reliance Communications CDMA and GSM Networks

Reliance Communications, India's largest integrated telecommunications service provider, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced forming a global joint venture. Combining the unique strengths of Alcatel-Lucent and Reliance Communications, the joint centure company would foray in the fast growing USD 16 billion Managed Network Services industry and will cater to telecom operators, both CDMA and GSM, across the globe.

The first assignment of this joint venture will be to provide Managed services for Reliance Communications nationwide CDMA & GSM networks in India.

LONDON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- GBP150,000 Cheque Presented to Great Ormond Street Hospital

Children will be the centre of attention at St Pancras International today as the station marks St Pancras' Day - the patron saint of children and namesake of the station. The station has teamed up with the world renowned children's hospital, Great Ormond Street and today will be donating GBP150,000 towards an Echo Room for the hospital, which will record the electrical activity of kids' hearts. The state-of-the art equipment will dramatically help diagnose children's heart problems and help them through recovery.

PRINCETON, New Jersey, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Index Changes Scheduled to Take Effect with the Market Open on Monday, May 19th -

Pharmasset, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRUS), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing novel drugs to treat viral infections, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to join the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index effective with the market open on May 19, 2008.

SAN DIEGO, and BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Presence at the EuroPCR08 will highlight choice of different modalities available on single integrated imaging platform.

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Provides the Optimal Combination of Scaffolding, Deliverability and Conformability

Medinol is proud to announce that it has received CE Mark for its Presillion(TM) CoCr Coronary Stent, enabling physicians to treat coronary artery lesions with a technologically innovative flexible closed cell design stent.