A course of organised water aerobics has been shown to reduce the amount of pain-killing medication women request during labor. Research published in the journal Reproductive Health has shown that, as well as being safe, the gentle exercise has the benefit of making it easier to give birth.

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- World Product Centre Finalizes Construction Plan and Begins Marketing; John Strong, Former President of the National Healthcare Purchasing Group, Consorta, Inc., to Lead Sales and Marketing Efforts

ATLANTA, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Atlanta-based, Global Wireless Broadband Company Collaborates with Cisco to Become Market Leader in Northwest Florida Wireless Rollout

Xiocom Wireless, a global provider of integrated wireless broadband solutions, recently collaborated with Cisco to extend its fixed broadband wireless solution throughout Northwest Florida, U.S. Xiocom Wireless is deploying the Cisco Unified Wireless Network to drive its ambitious growth and expansion plans, enabling comprehensive wireless coverage to its customers, while cutting operational costs.

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Imagine you have two plants - one is a plant you'd like to keep around, like a crop, and the other is a pest of some kind that interferes with the growth of your crop. Now, imagine synthesizing 30,000 different candidates for an herbicide and spraying each one on a different plant - and only finding one that effectively kills the weed while preserving the life of your crop. Until recently, this incredibly inefficient method was the only way for the agrichemical industry to find new herbicides. Now, thanks to the boom in biological technology during the last 15 years or so, agrichemical companies are able to come up with far better predictions about the results of spraying an herbicide on a particular plant - adding a huge degree of elegance to the previous guess-and-check method.

GHENT, Belgium, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Netlog, Europe's leading social networking platform, has launched an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch.

Members can download the Netlog application onto their iPhone or iPod Touch to keep in touch with their network of friends wherever they go. The application allows them to connect with new people, send and receive messages, check and sign guestbooks and update their shouts.

By using the built-in GPS location capability of the iPhone, users can give their precise geographical details whenever they update their status. Users are also able to upload pictures from their devices onto Netlog.

LOS ANGELES, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Green Car Journal Announces Winner at the Los Angeles Auto Show

Volkswagen's milestone 2009 Jetta TDI has been named Green Car Journal's 2009 Green Car of the Year(R), besting competitors that included a pair of advanced hybrids, a clean diesel sport sedan, and a trendy fuel-efficient microcar. This is the first time that a clean diesel model has been awarded the title Green Car of the Year(R). Green Car Journal has been unveiling the Green Car of the Year(R) winner at the LA Auto Show every year since it initiated the annual award in 2005.

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In spring 2004, at the meeting of the Scientific Council of the Frombork-based Baltic Research Centre, Jerzy Gąssowski received an interesting challenge - find the remains of Nicolas Copernicus. 

To be sure, something was known of his death.   He had died in Poland at age 70, and he was buried at his church somewhere, but he died while his work was being printed so the man who theorized that the sun, rather than the Earth, is at the center of the universe, was not yet famous enough to merit a monument.    But the provost of the Frombork metropolitan church, bishop Doctor Jacek Jezierski, did not think the job impossible.

BEERSE, Belgium, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Conducts Root-Cause Analysis of September Recall

Janssen-Cilag International NV announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended suspension of the marketing authorisation for IONSYS(R) (fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system), indicated for the management of acute moderate to severe post-operative pain for use in a hospital setting only.

BILLERICA, Massachusetts, November 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Vertica's blazingly fast analytic database reduces query wait times from 20 minutes to 8 seconds over traditional database engine

Market intelligence firm Diio is enabling airlines to make wiser network planning decisions and potentially greater profits, thanks in part to new ultra-fast database technology from Vertica.

MANCHESTER, England, November 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite Regional Officer, Gary Owen said: We are disappointed but not surprised at AstraZeneca's proposed changes to cut 240 jobs at its facilities in Macclesfield by 2013.

However, 240 jobs is a serious blow to any community and will have devastating effect on workers and their families in Macclesfield during these difficult times.

We are meeting with local union representatives on Monday 24th November on another issue and we will take that opportunity to discuss the company's proposed plans and job cuts.

For further information please contact Karen Viquerat on +44(0)7768-931-316