LONDON, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A survey among Britain's 40,000 sufferers from dystonia - a serious neurological movement disorder causing painful muscle spasms - has shown a widespread ignorance about their condition among healthcare professionals and a lack of understanding amongst the public.

The Dystonia Society has revealed that 74% of members who responded were either 'very worried' or 'concerned' by the lack of awareness amongst medics. The next area of concern among our members (64%) was an alarming lack of understanding shown by the general public, said Philip Eckstein, Chief Executive of the Dystonia Society.

GLASGOW, Scotland, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- GBP300 Million Windfarm Will Power 180,000 Homes - Further Extensions Could Create up to 300 Green Collar Jobs and Bring Installed Capacity up to 600 MW - Iberdrola Renovables, the World's Leading Wind Power Developer With Nearly 9,700 MW of Installed Capacity, Considers Scotland and the UK Core Markets in its Current and Future Growth Plans - With Photos

GLASGOW, Scotland, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Scottish Power's Chairman Ignacio Galán was joined today by Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond MSP to celebrate the completion of ScottishPower Renewables' Whitelee Windfarm, Europe's largest onshore wind power project.

LA JOLLA, California and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Partners Analyze Jatropha Genome and Associated Microbial Genomes to Understand and Improve Plant Yield and Health to Develop Renewable Fuels, Biofertlizers, and Disease Control Solutions

- Jatropha Genome Represents Second Milestone Accomplishment for Partners who Announced Complete Oil Palm Genome Sequence in 2008

DUBLIN and WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Free mobiReady mobile-readiness checker from dotMobi used by thousands of brands to improve mobile content for their customers

dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet domain for finding mobile-friendly Web content as well as the mobiForge mobile Web developers forum, today announced that AutoTrader.mobi - the mobile site of AutoTrader.co.uk, the UK's number one motoring Web site - was the millionth site tested by the mobiReady tool for checking the mobile-readiness of Web content.

LONDON, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- We all know that women buy more lipstick in an economic downturn. But research undertaken by Oral-B to mark the launch of National Smile Month[1] today reveals the 'Toothbrush Effect' as the latest economic indicator. With sales of power toothbrushes up 30% compared to last year[2], the financial forecast may be glum, but we Brits clearly understand the importance of a cheerful, healthy smile in times of economic adversity.

HELSINKI, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- In Vitro Studies Presented at EWMA Conference Compare ConvaTec Dressings With Foams and Alginates (1-4)

Researchers with ConvaTec Wound Therapeutics presented a series of in vitro studies demonstrating the advanced features and fluid handling capacity of the company's proprietary dressings containing Hydrofiber(R) Technology this week at the 19th Conference of the European Wound Management Association.

LONDON, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Official WSOP sponsors, Everest Poker, have always been all about their players and, as a result, they are offering two further exclusive incentives to their players for this year's World Series of Poker (WSOP) in addition to their $1,000,000 shared player bonus.

i) Bring A Friend. When you have won your chance to win over $9,000,000 you want to share it with a friend right? We get it! Qualify with Everest Poker and invite a friend along for the ride - we'll add $1,000 towards their airfare.

TOWCESTER, England, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Conference and Exhibition, Whittlebury Hall Near Towcester, Northants Friday, 12 June 2009

On Friday, 12 June 2009, Auditel will be hosting a Conference and Exhibition at Whittlebury Hall near Towcester, Northants. Auditel's partner companies for the event include EDF Energy, British Gas, Shell LPG, Travelex, Bluefin Insurance Services, Uniworld, UK Telco, Drivers Jonas, Inenco, Scottish and Southern Energy and Phase Office Supplies

The theme will be 'Growing Your Business in a Recession'. Together with our partners we will demonstrate how businesses can take advantage of the current economic climate, and prepare for better times ahead, to emerge stronger than before.

LONDON, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Fibre Connectivity as Essential as Utilities in Winning Rent in 2009

2009 is set to continue to be a tough year for landlords in London, as businesses seek to decrease square-footage to reduce costs in the face of the recession. AboveNet, the fibre optic connectivity provider, is warning against the dangers of letting down '21st century' businesses by failing to provide tenants with the essential connectivity required to survive the downturn.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Terumo Heart Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Terumo Corporation, today announced reaching a critical milestone in the worldwide expansion of its DuraHeart(TM) Left-Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) as the 100th patient was treated by Latif Arusoglu, MD and Michiel Morshuis, MD, cardiothoracic surgeons at the Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University of Bochum in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

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