LONDON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- In video interviews, Marjorie Scardino, CEO, and Robin Freestone, FD, discuss Pearson's preliminary results and why they remain confident about the group's prospects. There will also be a live analyst presentation at 09:00GMT followed by a US conference call at 15:00GMT. The interviews, transcripts, podcasts and vodcasts are available now on http://www.cantos.com.

It's free to view. All you need to do is register at http://www.cantos.com. Cantos.com, the online financial broadcaster, features in-depth interviews, documentaries and webcasts with senior company executives. If you would like to contact us, please email enquiries@cantos.com or phone +44(0)207-936-1333.

DENVER, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- World-Renowned Pain Management Expert Robin Downing, DVM, Will Conduct Webcast For Pet Owners and Veterinarians, Covering All Aspects Related to Pets and Pain. These Two Individual Presentations Can Be Viewed On Web Site.

BASEL, Switzerland, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians from countries worst-affected by the deadly bird flu (H5N1 influenza virus) have reported an increased survival rate in patients treated with the oral antiviral Tamiflu (oseltamivir). These data reinforce the World Health Organization (WHO) advisory that Tamiflu is the only antiviral strongly recommended for the treatment of humans infected with the H5N1 virus. The physicians' report was revealed this week at the International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections (ISRVI) in Singapore.(1)

According to the WHO the H5N1 virus has already killed 234 people in 12 countries.(2) Tamiflu is the only antiviral reported to have been used against H5N1 in humans outside the laboratory and actually in the field.

JOENSUU, Finland, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Blancco's latest client software will ease the process of data erasure in the complex and technically challenging enterprise server and storage environments with its latest out-of-the-box solution.

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Verizon Business to Provide Exclusive Management and Operational Support

A consortium that includes Verizon Business has been awarded a license to provide public, fixed-line telecommunications services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The new network will help support the Kingdom's fast-growing demand for voice and data services for consumer and business customers.

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Free Web Environment Provides Rankings, Trends and Analysis From Around the Scientific Community

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced the launch of ScienceWatch.com, a free, open Web resource for science metrics and analysis.

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Meiji is the First Private University in Japan to Have Full Access to Web of Science

Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced that Century of Science(TM) has been purchased by Meiji University in Japan, expanding its subscription to Web of Science earlier this year. The University's added investment in Century of Science gives students full access to the most important scientific bibliographic and cited reference data covering the period from 1900 to 1944.

Coronary heart disease, of which a major contributing factor is high cholesterol, is set to become the biggest killer disease worldwide by 2010. There are several types of cholesterol, some of which are good for you and some of which are bad. Existing over-the-counter tests do not distinguish between good and bad cholesterol so the results don't give a full picture of the patient's health. For accurate diagnosis, current tests rely on a doctor taking a blood sample from the patient and sending it to a laboratory for analysis ­ the results can take days.

The availability of immediate, accurate tests for high cholesterol at your local doctor is now a step closer. L3 Technology has secured a second round investment of £1.75 million, enabling the company to commercialize its patented technology that will provide rapid point of care cholesterol testing with laboratory accuracy.

The "female sex hormone" estradiol is present in both men and women, and is generated from testosterone in men by the protein aromatase.

Estradiol plays various roles in addition to its gender-specific ones, including having effects on the hearing (auditory) system. In a new study, Barbara Canlon and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, investigated the role of estradiol-binding proteins, known as estrogen receptors, in response to auditory damage by examining hearing loss recovery in mice with deficiencies in various estrogen receptors.

NEWBURY, England, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today published on its website the preliminary recommendations of its Appraisal Committee on the use of epoprostenol, iloprost, bosentan, sitaxentan and sildenafil for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in adults.