LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Lowering the blood pressure of elderly patients could cut their total mortality by a fifth and their rate of cardiovascular events by a third, according to a new study presented today at the American College of Cardiology in Chicago and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The 3,845 patient Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET), which is co-ordinated by scientists from Imperial College London, is the largest ever clinical trial to look at the effects of lowering blood pressure solely in those aged 80 and over. Patients were given either a placebo or the diuretic indapamide slow release (SR) 1.5mg, with the addition of the ACE inhibitor perindopril in tablet form once a day.

INGELHEIM, Germany, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Results of 25,620 Patient Study ONTARGET(R) (ONgoing Telmisartan Alone and in Combination With Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial) Presented Today at the 57th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology(1)

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LONDON and PRAGUE, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- ALWIL Software a.s. is Pleased to Announce the Next Major Release of avast! antivirus, avast! 4.8.

avast! antivirus 4.8 is a major technology upgrade to the avast! product line, which includes the addition of anti-spyware detection, certified by West Coast Lab's Checkmark process, and the implementation of anti-rootkit capabilities, all directly from within avast! antivirus.

SAN DIEGO, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

Amira Pharmaceuticals, a small molecule pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of compounds to treat inflammatory disease, today announced the appointment of two additional members to its board of directors: Dennis M. Fenton, Ph.D. and Stephen W. Kaldor, Ph.D.

TORONTO, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The book, Lifeliner, by Shireen Jeejeebhoy has just scooped awards for Editors Choice and Publishers Choice, as well as winning first place in the Reader Views Reviewers Choice Award for biographies.

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The book, available from iUniverse, Barnesandnoble.com, Amazon and Chapters, tells the story of the first `lifeliner' Judy Taylor. She survived over 20 years living with a permanent catheter, in which she received total parenteral nutrition (TPN) thanks to a radical young doctor Dr Khursheed Jeejeebhoy.

BOSTON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

Eagle Investment Systems LLC (Eagle), a leading provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, today announced that Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. (Fort Washington) has deployed Eagle's fixed income attribution solution.

With this deployment, Fort Washington is adding to its existing suite of Eagle solutions, which includes data management, portfolio performance, and GIPS(R) composite management. These solutions were previously implemented to provide an integrated platform to support Fort Washington's fixed income investment operations and client reporting needs.

BOSTON, Massachusetts and TEL AVIV, Israel, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- RecoverGuard Software and DR Assurance Service to be Highlighted at Disaster Recovery Journal's (DRJ) Spring World 2008 and Storage Decisions' DR Planning Seminar

Continuity Software(TM), a leading provider of Disaster Recovery Management (DRM) solutions, today announced that it will showcase its award winning RecoverGuard(TM) software and DR Assurance(TM) service at two of the industry's leading disaster preparedness events: Disaster Recovery Journal's (DRJ) Spring World 2008 (March 30 - April 2) and Storage Decisions' DR Planning Seminar (Tuesday, April 1).

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BOSTON, Massachusetts and TEL AVIV, Israel, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Fortune 500 Energy Company Leverages RecoverGuard Software and DR Assurance Service to Increase Confidence in Ability to Recover Critical IT Systems, Post-Disaster

Continuity Software(TM), a leading provider of disaster recovery management (DRM) solutions, today announced that Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU), New England's largest utilities company, has deployed its RecoverGuard(TM) software and DR Assurance(TM) service to increase its confidence in its ability to recover critical IT systems in the face of a disaster.

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BOULDER, Colorado, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Study Reveals Skins(TM) Improves Circulation While Decreasing Leg Pain

Elite athletes travel -- a lot. And when competitive professionals arrive at their destination, they're on the field within hours. In professional sports, there's no time for jet-lag recovery, no time to rehydrate, and refocus; no time for aches, pain and swelling -- that's why NBA, MLS and NFL world-champions wear Skins(TM) in-flight. Wearing Skins(TM) ensures athletes are ready to perform at optimal levels immediately upon landing.