Women get more knee injuries than men and new research from the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary say there may be a connection between the laxity of a woman's knee joint and her monthly hormone cycle.

The research project — a collaboration between kinesiology, engineering and health sciences researchers — has found that not all woman experience knee laxity at the same time of their menst rual cycle. The researchers speculate that this is likely why previous research in the area has largely discounted a connection between the hormone cycle and knee injury.

SHEFFIELD, England, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

SHEFFIELD, England, April 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Geographical Association's Manifesto, A Different View, is Launched Today.

Quick, can you answer the question about the dog with the neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis?   If not, you'd be lost at Neurobowl, the highlight of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.

Poseurs need not apply.  Though they all know the drinking game, these cats make fun of the medical riddles and the doctors on the TV show "House."   Except for Olivia Wilde ("Thirteen").   They all like her.

SAO PAULO, April 16 /PRNewswire/ --

Starting in May, buyers of all flex-fuel vehicles manufactured in Brazil by Fiat, Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen will find extra reading material in the glove compartment of their new cars. Along with the owner's manual, they'll receive the Ethanol Handbook, a concise, to-the-point overview of the advantages of using ethanol instead of gasoline, produced by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA).

HAMPSHIRE, England, April 16 /PRNewswire/ --

Incisor, the e-magazine product of Internet publishing company Click I.T. Ltd, has succeeded where others have failed, by bringing together the heads of each of the competing short-range wireless technologies - i.e. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ultra-wideband, DECT, ZigBee, EnOcean and NFC.

If you have suffered the flu recently, then you know that it’s quite miserable. All of the sneezing, sore throat, fever and aching can really put a damper on your day (or week for some of us). Even taking preventative measures like getting that season’s “flu shot” may not be enough to protect you from a highly infectious strain of influenza.

LONDON, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Colgate-Palmolive is taking the precautionary measure of voluntarily recalling its Twister Fresh toothbrush in the UK and Ireland, following reports from a small number of UK consumers of breaking brush heads or handles. The toothbrush can be identified by the words Twister Fresh on the back of the handle. No other Colgate toothbrush is affected.

The Twister Fresh brushes are being temporarily removed from store shelves. Consumers who have purchased the brush should not use it and can contact Colgate Consumer Affairs at 00-800-321-321-32 for a replacement.

Colgate-Palmolive Press Office: +44-(0)207-331-5445

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- National Health Service hospitals' usage by stroke rehab patients dictates increase in staff and Saebo-trained therapists

Saebo, Inc. announced in its first quarter that its subsidiary, Saebo UK, Ltd., had another record year in 2008 and has added staff to accommodate its continued impressive growth in 2009.

BERLIN, Germany, April 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Problem Likely to Expand to Developed Countries

- Agricultural Productivity Growth Declining

- Governments and Businesses Need to Urgently Invest in Agriculture

In response to the threat of global malnutrition and food insecurity, the recently established Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture has urged the immediate adoption of a five-point plan of action, entitled Food First.