NEWCASTLE, England, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Approved Treatment for Chorea Associated With Huntington's Disease

Cambridge Laboratories Group Limited (Cambridge), the privately-owned specialty pharmaceutical company, today announces that XENAZINE(R) (tetrabenazine), the first and only product approved for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease, has been launched in the US.

LONDON, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

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As the economic downturn bites and food costs continue to rise, it's reassuring to know that there is no need to compromise the festive spirit on quality, taste, convenience or health. While cautious consumers purposefully seek out good value holiday nibbles, peanuts - recently overshadowed by more exotic, expensive alternatives - are set to make a comeback as a natural, tasty, energy powerhouse snack.

Health education consultant for the American Peanut Council Dr Andrew Craig said, Research tells us that all nuts are extremely beneficial for health. The more exotic nuts may be great - but they are expensive, whereas peanuts offer all the health benefits at an affordable everyday price.

A new picture of the early Earth is emerging, including the surprising finding that plate tectonics may have started more than 4 billion years ago — much earlier than scientists had believed, according to new research by UCLA geochemists. 

"We are proposing that there was plate-tectonic activity in the first 500 million years of Earth's history," said geochemistry professor Mark Harrison, director of UCLA's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics and co-author of the Nature paper. "We are reporting the first evidence of this phenomenon." 

SAN RAMON, California, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

Prodiance Corporation, a leading provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance solutions, today announced a new VAT discovery template for Prodiance eDiscovery (http://www.prodiance.com/products/spreadsheet.asp), providing an automated solution to help UK firms quickly locate and adjust value added tax (VAT) rates that are hard coded in complex, tax related spreadsheets.

POOLE, England, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently I saw some 50 or 60 new Yellow Pages directories piled up in the reception area of a smart popular business centre. It would have made a great photo opportunity but before I could organize a camera they had been collected by the re-cycling truck. The moral of the story obviously, who needs a great big cumbersome book when you can go on-line and find what and who you want so easily?

Groceries? Who needs that Saturday morning hassle when you can answer the door to the delivery man, fill up the fridge and the larder and then do something really interesting for the day instead?

WASHINGTON, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- A Generation Free of HIV Is Possible, Barnes Says

On the twentieth anniversary of World AIDS Day, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is urging the global community to reach more pregnant mothers with medicines to protect their infants from HIV, and to speed treatment to children around the world living with HIV and AIDS. According to Foundation President and CEO Pamela W. Barnes, great progress has already been made, but more leadership and a commitment of resources are needed to achieve the goal of an HIV-free generation.

To listen to the accompanying audio news story, please visit http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/35902/press.html.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, December 1 /PRNewswire/ --

The Lost Art of Letter Writing, a four-movement concerto for violin and orchestra by Australian composer Brett Dean, has earned the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

The work, commissioned by the Cologne Philharmonie and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for violinist Frank Peter Zimmerman, was chosen for the prize from among 145 entries worldwide. Dean conducted and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam accompanied when the piece premiered in 2007 in Cologne.

It's a wonderful solo vehicle that also contains terrific writing for orchestra, said Marc Satterwhite, a UofL music professor who directs the award.

SINGAPORE, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- China's Teng Ma and Xiao-yan Guo will line up for the second leg of The Greatest Race on Earth 2008/09 (GROE) in Singapore on Sunday 7th December looking to build upon the strong start made by the Chinese men's and women's teams in Nairobi last month.

The leading international marathon relay series, which is sponsored by Standard Chartered, sees teams of runners compete in one of four marathons, with the winning teams being the ones with the quickest cumulative times at the end of the series.

On January 18th 2009 Shuai Yuan and Xin Zhang will take up the baton in Mumbai for the men's and women's team respectively, before handing it over to Meng Li and Feng-xia Yang in Hong Kong on 8th February 2009.

NEW YORK, November 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- MSN Hosts Exclusive Launch Event Today at red.uk.msn.com

- iLike Chosen Exclusively To Unleash Viral Distribution Via Artist-to-Fan Social Networking

- Premier Issue Debuts Wednesday, December 10

TEL AVIV, November 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Delek Group Ltd. (TASE: DLEKG.TA) (hereinafter: Delek Group or The Group) announced today its results for the three and nine month period ending September 30, 2008. The full financial statements will be available in English on Delek Group's website from Monday 1st December at: http://www.delek-group.com.

Nine Month Highlights - Consolidated revenues up 41% year over year reaching NIS 40.6 billion - NIS 2.1 billion profit from operating income - Automotive, Energy and Infrastructure continue to show solid performance - Net results primarily impacted by overall macroeconomic crisis affecting both real-estate sectors as well as insurance and financial service holdings; subsequently reported net loss of NIS 371 million