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The Crossroads Institute for medical education today announced it will develop new educational programs for healthcare professionals focused on improving the treatment of women with cardiovascular disease and the prevention of amputation. The announcement was made by the newly formed committee of the Crossroads Educational Research Program (CERP) at the Crossroads Institute in Brussels, Belgium, which is focused on providing the latest in medical education to advance the treatment of patients with cardiac and vascular disease and is supported by an educational grant from Abbott Vascular.

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- Kingdom sought trusted vendor for national ID project, e-government rollout to protect 27 million citizens

The remains of one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs ever found have recently been recognized as representing a new species by a student working at the University of Bristol.

The new species is one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs ever to have lived. Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis was probably 13-14 metres long, making it taller than a double-decker bus. It had a skull about 1.75 metres long and its teeth were the size of bananas.

Steve Brusatte, an MSc student the University of Bristol who identified the theropod said: “The first remains of Carcharodontosaurus were found in the 1920s, but they only consisted of two teeth which have since been lost.

While it is well understood that the evolution of new genes leads to adaptations that help species survive, gene loss may also afford a selective advantage.

A group of scientists has investigated this less-studied idea, carrying out the first systematic computational analysis to identify long-established genes that have been lost across millions of years of evolution leading to the human species. Their findings appear in the December 14 issue of PLoS Computational Biology.

Dr. David Haussler and five others in his group at the University of California, Santa Cruz — postdoc Jingchun Zhu, graduate students Zack Sanborn and Craig Lowe, technical projects manager Mark Diekhans, and evolutionary biologist Tom Pringle — are co-authors on the paper.

Kamilla Miskowiak, author of a new study published in the December 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, reports findings that support the evaluation of a potential new antidepressant agent.

The researchers evaluated the effects of erythropoietin (Epo), a hormone naturally produced by the kidneys that stimulates the formation of red blood cells and is known as a treatment for anemia. The authors explain that new evidence shows that Epo also “has neuroprotective and neurotrophic effects in animal models and affects cognitive and associated neural responses in humans,” suggesting that it may be a candidate in the treatment of depression.

LONDON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

The MS Society has today (Wednesday) spoken out in support of a call for better care for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) following new research that suggests people with neurological conditions are left in an information void.

Results of the Taking Control survey, published jointly by the Neurological Alliance, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and Ask About Medicines, highlight how the UK healthcare system is failing people with MS by not ensuring access to appropriate information and specialist advice.

HOUSTON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Nasdaq: HERO) announced today that it has scheduled a conference call to discuss its fourth-quarter 2007 and full year financial results on January 31, 2008. The call will take place at 10:00 a.m. CST (11:00 a.m. EST). The financial results are scheduled to be released publicly prior to market opening in the United States on that same day.

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To participate in the conference call by telephone, please call 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time, one of the following telephone numbers:

+1-800-299-9630 (Domestic) +1-617-786-2904 (International) The access or confirmation code is 32636004.

LONDON, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- "By 2020 the Global Carbon Market Could be Worth EUR 240-450 Billion" says Lord Nicholas Stern, Vice Chairman of IDEAGlobal Group, in the inaugural issue of CARBONfirst

The year-end in climate change is dominated by the Bali conference. In the inaugural issue of CARBONfirst, Lord Stern outlines his views on the impact of the summit on the global carbon market. "The main objective of the summit is to agree on a roadmap for a Kyoto successor by the end of 2009".

Four billion years ago, says Steve Desch, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, Uranus and Neptune switched places.

His research work appears in this week’s Astrophysical Journal. Desch based his conclusion on his calculations of the surface density of the solar nebula. The solar nebula is the disk of gas and dust out of which all of the planets formed. The surface density – or mass per area – of the solar nebula protoplanetary disk is a fundamental quantity needed to calculate everything from how fast planets grow to the types of chemicals they are likely to contain.