Science Education & Policy

SAN MATEO, California, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- - Seeks UK partners to target new vertical and geographic markets Avistar Communications Corporation has completed agreements with four value-added resellers (VARs), as it launches its new Channel Partner Programme. Veloci, Communications III and Manist are Avistar's first resellers in the United States and together bring vertical market experience in energy, legal, healthcare, pharmaceutical, technology, retail, government and education. Sales into new geographies of Japan and Asia are expected from Media Plus, a Japanese VAR, which…

LONDON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- - There's 15,000 Holiday Euros for the European Quitter! The search is on for the first European Smoke Free Quitter of the Year 2008 who will be awarded the title and holiday vouchers worth 15,000 Euros. Eleven countries are participating including the UK and they will all choose a representative who will win a trip to the Award ceremony in Amsterdam in September 2008. You can also nominate a health care professional that has helped smokers quit and a public figure that has made an impact on smoking policy. To enter or nominate apply on line at http://www…

Cancer patients are suffering unnecessarily because they wrongly believe that morphine and other opioids are only used as “comfort for the dying” and as a “last resort” rather than seeing them as legitimate pain killers that can improve their quality of life. In a study published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology [1], experts in palliative care also say “the belief that opioids hasten death is widely held” amongst patients and this “has a significant impact on pain management, as patients felt that an offer of opioids signified imminent death”. Previous studies have estimated that…

REDMOND, Washington, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- - Alleged counterfeit software sales linked to infamous counterfeit syndicate; Microsoft offers new guide on eBay to help consumers make safe buying decisions. Every day, consumers are unwittingly put at risk for computer viruses, malware and spyware when they purchase counterfeit software from global online marketplaces. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO ) As part of its continuing effort to protect consumers and support legitimate online commerce, Microsoft Corp today announced the filing of 52 lawsuits and the…

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), chemicals used as fire retardants, can be found in numerous items in the home, such as the television, computer, toaster and the sofa. Now, as reported in a KNBC story on Nov. 28, they are being found in alarming concentrations, in human blood and breast milk – a potentially major concern for human health. In addition, these industrial chemicals have been associated with cases of feline hyperthyroidism, a potentially fatal condition in cats. UC Riverside scientists interviewed for the KNBC story have done research using rat tissue that shows that PBDEs…

As the United Nations climate negotiations proceed in Bali, Indonesia, researchers have taken a first step toward quantifying the "socioclimatic" exposure of different countries to future climate change. The research team from Purdue University and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, found that China, India and the United States - major greenhouse gas-emitting nations that are currently unbound by the Kyoto treaty - face substantial exposure relative to other nations, but that every area of the world faces high exposure in at least one category.…

LONDON, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - OPEC-10 Output Fell Due to UAE Field Maintenance, Platts Survey Shows Overall oil production by the 12 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose to 31.15 million barrels per day (b/d) in November, according to Platts' latest survey of OPEC and oil industry officials just released. This is up 40,000 b/d from October's production of 31.11 million b/d, as higher volumes from Saudi Arabia and Iraq helped offset a large field maintenance-related drop in UAE output. Excluding Iraq and Angola, the ten OPEC members bound by…

CHESHIRE, Connecticut, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Study Shows that Long-Term Soliris Therapy Continued to Be Associated with Reductions in Thrombosis and Improvements in Fatigue, Quality of Life, and Anemia in PNH Patients - Data Presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting Posters: 897-III & 891-III Patients with a rare blood disorder called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) were found to be six times more likely than the general public to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), as shown in an ongoing open-label clinical study of patients with PNH.…

BRISTOL, England, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - The Creators of 'PaRappa the Rapper' Return With Music-Based Video Game Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced a partnership with legendary multimedia musician and game designer, Masaya Matsuura, and famed New York artist Rodney Alan Greenblat, to develop and publish an original music-based video game scheduled for release in late 2008. Creators of the highly acclaimed, best-selling PaRappa the Rapper series, Matsuura and Greenblat will bring their engaging…

SAN JOSE, California, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - In its Latest Web Security Trends Report, Finjan Explores "Trojan 2.0" Attacks That Utilize Regular Web 2.0 Technology to Exploit Legitimate Web Services Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products, today announced important findings by its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) which have identified a new genre of crimeware Trojans. Utilizing regular Web 2.0 technology and websites to provide cybercriminals with an easy and scalable command and control scheme, the latest "Trojan 2.0" attacks exploit the trust that legitimate web…