Parents and advocates who believe vaccines cause autism were dealt a double blow this week. On the scientific front, a discredited 1998 study that launched the vaccine-autism debate onto the forefront made headlines, and on the legal front, a special U.S. court ruled that vaccines are not to blame for the disease.

COLUMBIA, Maryland and BILLERICA, Massachusetts, February 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Pay-Per-Patient Pricing Available to Reduce Start-Up Barriers for Cancer Centers

Nucletron, a knowledge-based leader in radiation oncology, and Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) announced today an exclusive global, strategic partnership to offer the AccuBoost(R) system with the microSelectron(R) high- dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy afterloader treatment delivery solution for the treatment of breast cancer. The partnership will enable clinicians all over the world to deliver boost brachytherapy as part of the whole breast irradiation procedure, providing a superior treatment option with the ultimate goal of improving clinical outcome.

LONDON, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite, the largest union in the country, is seeking ministerial clarification on what the new children's plan means in terms of the immediate employment of health visitors.

Unite is concerned that the Vision for a 21st century children's health service is vague on the numbers needed for what is described as 'stronger and better joined up support during the crucial early years of life including more health visitors'.

Unite's National Officer for Health, Karen Reay said: 'This strategy for children is long on aspirations and thin on detail, at a time when - according to the NHS's own workforce statistics - a full-time health visitor post is lost every 27 hours.'

EDMONTON, Canada, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Globex Foreign Exchange Corporation, an international leader in corporate and large-scale personal foreign currency exchange transactions, is celebrating 10 years in the foreign exchange industry.

The continuing success of Globex Foreign Exchange is a result of the individualized relationships between our traders and our clients, our proprietary in-house trading software customized to the intricacies of international foreign currency exchange, and our commitment to security and accuracy on each and every transaction. Globex transacts over $5 Billion annually, processed through our 22 international locations.

This is the year of Darwin (yes, yes, it’s also the year of astronomy, I know), and especially this week -- around the date of Chuck’s birth -- we are seeing a spike of events, radio and tv pieces, and printed articles. (Expect a second peak in November, for the anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species.)

HANNOVER, Germany, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- RFS (Radio Frequency Systems), the wireless infrastructure specialist, is unveiling a capex reducing, cell tower load minimizing - and technology boosting - portfolio of products for the GSMA Mobile World Congress this February.

Central to the range of leading edge technology products is a raft of products designed to smooth carriers' migration to LTE (Long Term Evolution) without the cost and technology issues that caused the industry problems when 3G was first phased in.

HELSINKI, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University Central Hospital have in cooperation with Biohit Oyj developed a new method that helps reduce the cancer risk posed by acetaldehyde in an anacidic stomach. Favourable results from the first clinical trials were presented at the eleventh Finnish Gastroenterology Seminar (XI Gastropäivät) held in Helsinki on 12 February 2009.

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PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, February 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Thomson Reuters intellectual property research and analysis platform recognized for technical and business-focused achievements accomplished with development partner Virtusa

The IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters today announced that Thomson Innovation(SM), the world's premier intellectual property (IP) research and analysis solution, was named one of the 100 best information technology (IT) projects of 2008 by InfoWorld, an International Data Group (IDG) information technology online media and events business.

MENLO PARK, California, February 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Use of the MitraClip(R) System Continues to Expand in the European Union

Evalve, Inc., the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today that the first series of patients have been successfully treated with the MitraClip(R) system at the St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. The MitraClip(R) system is the only medical device commercially available in the European Union which provides a non-surgical mitral valve repair option for patients suffering from the effects of mitral regurgitation (MR).

MCLEAN, Virginia, February 12 /PRNewswire/ --

Responding to a request from the Graduate Management Admission Council(R) (GMAC(R)), a leading international bank has joined with experienced service providers in student financial aid to create a new pilot lending program for international students who attend graduate business schools around the world.

The pilot is prepared to provide at least US$500 million in loans to students in about 40 business schools in the United States and Europe, beginning with the 2009-10 academic year.