VEENENDAAL, Netherlands, September 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Oncentra(R) GYN to Officially Launch at ESTRO 2008 in Sweden, September 14-18 and ASTRO 2008 in Boston, September 21-25

NEW YORK, September 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Expands Partnership With LinkedIn and Announces Partnership With Federated Media

NEW YORK, September 9 /PRNewswire/ --

BusinessWeek announced today the public launch of Business Exchange (http://bx.businessweek.com/), an innovative online offering that aims to better serve the evolving information needs of business professionals. Users can create, find and track business topics that are relevant and meaningful to them, as well as access, share, save and add links to articles, white papers and videos from all available content on the Web. In addition, visitors can connect with industry leaders, BusinessWeek editors and writers, and other professionals around business issues that matter the most to them.

A narrow region on chromosome 15 contains genetic variations strongly associated with familial lung cancer, says a study conducted by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The researchers found a more than five times higher risk of lung cancer for people who have both a family history of the disease and these genetic variations. The risk was not affected by whether the study participants smoked or didn't smoke.

Last month a Pew Research Institute survey reported a decline in the number of Americans who want churches and other houses of worship involved in political matters.

The survey also found that most of the drop in the past four years comes among conservatives.

Although Sarah Palin's entry into the 2008 presidential race has energized the religious right within the Republican Party, don't expect religion to be a major issue in this year's election, says University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) political communications expert Larry Powell, Ph.D.

The move away from overt religious appeals may be due to an effort to avoid what Powell calls the "Pharisee Effect",

With a nationwide shortage of science teachers and plummeting student test scores,school districts have the option of hiring people with science degrees but little training in education. Without proper support, research shows that 66 percent of new teachers will quit the profession within three years and new research from George Mason University's New Science Teachers' Support Network (NSTSN) has identified the most vital forms of support for new science teachers—providing them with in-classroom support and quality courses in how to teach science.

Working with middle and high school science teachers, the NSTSN research revealed that students enrolled in the classes of teachers who received the support of in-class mentors who were retired science teachers and a science teaching course performed significantly better on standardized tests and had better science grades than students enrolled in the classes of a comparable set of new science teachers who did not receive the in-class support from retirees or a science methods course. Also, by enlisting the help of retired science teachers, new science teachers were able to perfect their teaching and enhance student learning.

LONDON, September 9 /PRNewswire/ -- British employers are the strictest in Europe when it comes to allowing employees to surf social networking sites, according to a report by 3 mobile. Experts have coined a new term to describe a generation of Europeans who surf social networking sites at work: 'Social Notworking' which has reached endemic proportions - but not so much in the UK.

LONDON, September 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Survey Compares Workplace Equality in the U.S. and Seven European Countries: Female Workers in Germany are the Most Likely of Workers Surveyed to Report Wage Discrimination, Female Workers in the Netherlands are the Least Likely

PLANO, Texas, September 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Comprehensive Electronic Medical Record and Enhanced Administrative Efficiency are Hallmarks of New System

Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) (http://www.perotsystems.com) announced today that it has completed the successful roll-out of a Hospital Information System (HIS) in multiple hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in Abu Dhabi.

Anti-virus companies play a losing game. Casting their nets wide, they catch common, malicious viruses and worms (known to the industry as “malware”), but it may take days before their software updates can prepare your computer for the next attack. By then it could be too late. And some insidious programs prove immune to anti-virus software, residing inside your computer for months or even years, collecting personal information and business secrets.