LONDON, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey, commissioned by Activia has revealed a bloated belly as the number one body complaint amongst British women[1] with 52% of women surveyed stating that they would rather live without it. Lower belly bloating or LBB (described in the survey as the physical increase in below the waistband belly size) has even overtaken other irksome conditions such as the muffin top and 'cankles' (thick ankles), not to mention more visual features such as a double chin, little boobs or 'thunder thighs'.

Move over Muffin top, LBB tops the poll...

1. Lower Belly Bloat (LBB) (52%)

2. Double chin (42%)

3. Thunder thighs (41%)

4. Muffin top (31%)

5. Back fat (23%)

6. Small breasts (11%)

7. Cankles (6%)

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Results Presented at American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meeting Show Fleximer(R) Conjugated Drug Is Well Tolerated with Favorable Pharmacokinetics and Prolonged Stable Disease in Refractory Tumors -

Mersana Therapeutics presented preliminary results of a Phase 1 clinical trial for its lead development candidate, XMT-1001, in a poster session at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Orlando. XMT-1001 is a broad-spectrum cytotoxic, based on camptothecin (CPT), conjugated to Mersana's biodegradable polymer platform, Fleximer(R).

LONDON, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Managed Hosting Specialist and Leading SaaS Player Combine to Offer Enterprise Customers One-Stop-Shop for SaaS and Cloud Solutions

BERLIN, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

The 14th annual RETAILVISION EUROPE in Berlin surprised newcomers and veterans alike with a positive note amid the general economic gloom for worldwide retail.

Insight from Keynote Presentations provided market research of some commercial value to both retailers and vendors in attendance. United Business Media Ltd., owner of the VisionEvents(TM), elected in this recession to concentrate on high quality content and that decision proved fruitful. Keynoters were able to zero in on the current opportunities at retail level.

CALGARY, Canada, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Crude Oil From Taq Taq License Area Exported to International Markets

Addax Petroleum Corporation (Addax Petroleum or the Corporation) (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC) today announced that, together with partner Genel Energy International Ltd. (Genel Energy), it has commenced the international export of oil from the Taq Taq license area. The crude oil is being trucked to the Khurmala station and is then exported to international markets via the Iraq-Turkey main export pipeline which runs to the Mediterranean port city of Ceyhan.

ORLANDO, Florida, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The time to progression of disease in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases who have exhausted all chemotherapy options can be more than doubled through the use of radioactive resin microspheres, according to the results of a prospective randomized controlled trial presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).[1] The multicenter phase III study compared the use of 5-fluorouracil (5FU) alone to 5FU plus 90Y resin microspheres (SIR-Spheres; Sirtex Medical, Sydney) and was conducted by a collaboration of university hospitals in Belgium.

AMSTERDAM, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Customer Wins Through Successful Reseller Agreement With Alvarion

Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, today announced that it is continuing to extend its global market leadership in WiMAX(TM) through its successful global reseller agreement with Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world's leading provider of WiMAX(TM) and wireless broadband solutions.

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SAN FRANCISCO and TEL-AVIV, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- US Venture Capital funds Burrill Company and Khosla Ventures have invested in HCL CleanTech (http://www.hclcleantech.com), a US company and its Israeli subsidiary founded by Prof. Avram Baniel, Prof. Ari Eyal and Eran Baniel. HCL CleanTech has developed a proprietary technology to make an old, industrially proven German process converting lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars economically very attractive. It is these fermentable sugars which are considered the gateway to advanced biofuels (biobutanols, biodiesel, jet fuel etc) and biochemicals (bioplastics etc). Modern chemical technology makes the implementation straightforward and immediate.

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GATESHEAD, England, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading GP has welcomed the launch of a potentially revolutionary heart disease treatment that offers people around the world the hope of combating the killer disease.

GP Dr Rob Hicks said the launch of Ateronon, the natural supplement developed by Cambridge scientists, was a huge breakthrough in the treatment of heart disease related illnesses that can cause heart attacks and stroke.

Dozens of research studies have shown that lycopene - found in the skins of ripe tomatoes - has the capacity to significantly reduce the build up of plaque in the arteries that can lead to heart attacks and stroke.