LONDON, December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Epileptic seizures, facial rash, learning difficulties, kidney problems? If one or more of these ring a bell then you or someone in your family may have the genetic condition Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, also known as TSC. You may already have been given this diagnosis but have not yet taken the step of contacting The Tuberous Sclerosis Association.

Over 30 years we have invested millions of pounds into medical research which has already made significant changes to how people can be diagnosed and treated for TSC and even helped towards discovering the first ever possible treatment for TSC.

MUNICH, Germany, December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Wirecard AG was commissioned to process credit card payments for the new online shop launched in November by the retail chain Lidl.

The Lidl online shop represents a further development of the stationary Lidl offering on the Internet. Schwarz E-Commerce GmbH Co. KG from Neckarsulm - like Lidl, a member of the Schwarz group of companies - presents new special offers each week on www.lidl-shop.de, ranging from household goods, tools and toys to winter sport articles. In implementing the project, a great deal of importance was assigned to establishing the shop from the very beginning on a technologically sophisticated level and simultaneously exploiting the existing core structures of the Schwarz Group.

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

According to Millennium Research Group's (MRG's) European Markets for Urological Devices 2009 report, the prostate cancer device market-comprising brachytherapy seeds, cryotherapy, and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) devices-will be driven by earlier detection of prostate cancer due to an increase in screening over the next five years.

Screening allows for early detection of cancer, enabling treatment at a curable stage that can be facilitated through minimally invasive devices, such as those required for brachytherapy, cryotherapy, and HIFU procedures.

PARIS, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Not Intended for Media in France

PARIS, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Patients Treated With Protelos Could be Better Protected Than With Alendronate

PARIS, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

The osteoporosis treatment Protelos(R) (strontium ranelate) significantly improved bone structure in postmenopausal women when compared to the bisphosphonate alendronate according to the results of the first head-to-head study of the two drugs(1) recently released in Osteoporosis International, the official journal of the World Congress of Osteoporosis.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- New service offers cost-effective, one-click display ads

In this time of economic uncertainty, businesses are looking for new, innovative ways to advertise their products and services. iPromote.com gives any website owner the power to quickly and easily promote products, events or services to millions of Internet users. Users simply enter a webpage address at www.ipromote.com and click Create My Ads. iPromote's WebpageToAds(TM) technology analyzes their page, selects the most relevant content, and instantly builds a rich media display advertising package ready to be shown to millions of people across the iPromote ad network.

With the aid of a straightforward experiment, researchers have provided some clues to one of biology's most complex questions: how ancient organic molecules came together to form the basis of life. 

Specifically, this study, appearing online this week in JBC, demonstrated how ancient RNA joined together to reach a biologically relevant length.

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design and engineering company, announced today that it has one a large remediation contract in Milan, Italy. The contract has a size of EUR 8 million for the remediation of a stretch of land that is being cleaned up for new building development. ARCADIS will undertake the remediation on behalf of a consortium of companies that is developing the site. It is the first large contract in Italy since ARCADIS acquired an Italian environmental company named SET (now ARCADIS SET) as recent as July of this year. No further financial details were given.

DUBLIN and NEWCASTLE, England, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Marketing Partner UCB Expects to Receive Completed Price and Reimbursement Approval for Tetrabenazine in H1 2009

DUBLIN and NEWCASTLE, England, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Exclusive Distribution Rights Granted in Finland (MediFront) and Taiwan (Giddi Pharma); Distribution Contracts Renewed in Australia and New Zealand

DALLAS, December 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Finland's EAC migration to meet European Union's June 2009 deadline

Building off of the momentum of September's impressive showing at the ePassports EAC Conformity Interoperability Tests, Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) advances its role as the world's ePassport leader by being selected to supply the CA software for Finland's migration to advanced second-generation ePassports based on the Extended Access Control (EAC) standard.

LONDON, December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BIS Ltd., a provider of hosting and global connectivity solutions for businesses and carriers, today announced that the facility purchased earlier this year is now fully operational and open for Business. A 26 week build and upgrade programme was completed on time and under budget. This included the upgrade of the BIS core network to 10Gig to facilitate rapid customer connections to other BIS data centres.