NUREMBERG, Germany, February 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- Eco-Experts Call for Clear Climate Concepts for Organic Farming

All consumers and experts would agree that, whenever a person eats organic products, they are also doing something for the environment. But does an organic apple from Argentina protect the climate more or better than a conventional apple from a nearby orchard? This seems to be an area, in which the organic sector still has some catching up to do, if one is to believe the experts that came together last Thursday to discuss issues affecting the organic sector.

INDIANAPOLIS, February 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- If approved, bone formation agent for osteoporosis would be available for new patient population

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of FORSTEO(R) (teriparatide [rDNA origin] injection) for the treatment of osteoporosis associated with sustained, systemic glucocorticoid therapy in women and men at increased risk for fracture. The opinion issued by the CHMP will need to be ratified by the European Commission before the new indication is considered approved.

A paper by Professor Fabrizio Schifano at the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Pharmacy, which has been published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, indicates that 1,022 people died between 1990 and 2004 in instances where the presence of cocaine/crack cocaine was detected.

In this descriptive and correlational study, Professor Schifano reviewed the number of mentions on death certificates during the specified period, last year use of cocaine; treatment demand, number of drug offenders; seizures, prices and average purity levels.

Expressive writing --writing about one’s deepest thoughts and feelings—may help change the way cancer patients think and feel about their disease.

In one of the first studies published in an oncology journal about the benefits of writing therapy, researchers say those who immediately reported changes in thoughts about their illness also reported a better physical quality of life three weeks later.

“Previous research suggests expressive writing may enhance physical and psychological well-being,” said Nancy P. Morgan, M.A., writing clinician and director of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Arts and Humanities Program. “But most of those studies involved three to five writing sessions that were conducted in a controlled laboratory setting. Here, we found that just one writing session in a busy cancer clinic where the patients are frequently interrupted can still have a positive impact on patients.”

Scientists at the University of Michigan have shown that their new metabolic imaging instrument can accurately detect eye disease at a very early stage. Such a device would be vision-saving because many severe eye diseases do not exhibit early warning signals before they begin to diminish vision. The testing is noninvasive and takes less than 6 minutes to administer to a patient.

Victor M. Elner, M.D., Ph.D., and Howard R. Petty, Ph.D., report their findings in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. The women had been recently diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), a condition that mimics a brain tumor and often causes increased pressure on the optic nerve that can lead to vision loss.

The study grew out of Petty and Elner’s observation that metabolic stress at the onset of disease causes certain proteins to become fluorescent. To measure the intensity of this flavoprotein autofluorescence (FA), they designed a unique imaging system equipped with state-of-the art cameras, filters, and electronic switching, together with customized imaging software and a computer interface.

Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System successfully destroyed an errant United States satellite, preventing it from an uncontrolled and unpredictable reentry and potential crash to Earth.

In the mission, the SPY-1B radar on the cruiser USS Lake Erie detected the satellite during its orbit and, through the capable equipment and computer programs comprising the Aegis Weapon System, computed a targeting solution to guide an SM-3 missile to intercept the satellite. Once the SM-3 was launched from the ship's MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS), Aegis guided the missile to the terminal phase of the intercept.

Lockheed Martin engineers recently worked with U.S.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Viatel Holding (Bermuda) Limited (VTLAF.PK) ("Viatel" or the "Company") announced today that it has filed, or is filing concurrently with this announcement, a Form 15 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to terminate the registration of its securities under Rules 12g-4(a)(1) and 12h-3(1)(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act" ).

ORLANDO, Florida, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Marker InfoComm Inc, the world's largest independent provider of software tools to hotels for airline Frequent Flyer Program (FFP) administration, is pleased to announce the release of iHAMMS(R) Direct -- its newest solution specifically designed for connecting existing hotel Property Management Systems (PMS) and CRM/Loyalty Programs directly to the world's most popular Frequent Flyer Programs.

Ease of use is cited as the most important factor in iHAMMS(R) Direct soaring popularity. This cutting-edge tool allows hotels to collect customer stay data for FFP programs using existing in-house systems.

ASHBURN, Virginia, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

Brainware, Inc., an innovative provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions, today announced that Mayo Clinic, the largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world, has adopted its end-to-end accounts payable automation solution. Mayo Clinic will be using Brainware's intelligent data capture (A/P-distiller(TM)) and workflow management (WF-distiller(TM)) solutions to automatically recognize and capture specific invoice information to feed into Mayo Clinic's back office accounting system.

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, February 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Thomson Collexis Dashboard to Provide Scientists and Researchers with Deep Analysis, Trending, and Visualization of Published Information

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, and Collexis Holdings Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CLXS), a developer of high definition search and knowledge discovery software, today announced plans to join together Collexis' Knowledge Dashboard with Thomson Scientific's Web of Science to create a custom data mining solution for the research community.