Basel (ots) - The 4th European Conference "Tobacco or Health" takes place in Basel from 11th-13th October, 2007. The conference is organized by the Swiss Cancer League together with the German Cancer Society on behalf of the Association of European Cancer Leagues. About 800 participants from over 60 countries ...
Zurich (ots) - From today, rooms and banqueting premises are available for booking at the Dolder Grand. In spring 2008, Zurich will get one of its premier features back. Originally a "Curhaus" - health spa - , the Dolder Grand has transformed itself into a luxury-class city resort. International partners have undertaken the architecture, interior design and spa layout. The former Dolder Grand Hotel closed for ...
Dittingen, Switzerland (ots) - Researchers from Novozymes, the world leader in bio-innovations and bio-solutions have found a solution to reduce the level of acrylamide in food products such as cookies, crackers and snacks. Novozymes launches Acrylaway to reduce acrylamide which is formed when starchy foods are baked, fried or toasted at high temperatures. Acrylamide is under suspicion of causing cancer. Health ...
Bern (ots) - swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) is starting its own channel on YouTube, the world's most popular online video portal. The channel can be accessed at http://www.youtube.com/swissinfovideos. Starting today, it enables the international voice of SRG SSR idée suisse to make its own content available internationally via YouTube, thereby expanding its online video offering. More and more people are searching the internet for specific film footage. In ...
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
PLEASE NOTE: FULL TEXT OF THE PRESS RELEASES AVAILABLE THROUGH WWW.ESMO.ORG/PRESSROOM upon registration PLEASE RESPECT INDIVIDUAL EMBARGO DATES/TIMES FOUND ON FULL PRESS RELEASES Lugano (ots) - HORMONE INHIBITOR PROMISING FOR HARD-TO-TREAT PROSTATE CANCER For prostate cancer patients whose tumors have continued to grow despite medical or surgical castration, a new ...
Balsthal (ots) - Switzerland not only builds the longest tunnels in the world, but also wants to offer users maximum safety: in Balsthal (SO) and Lungern (OW), training facilities are currently being constructed in which rescue organizations can optimally prepare for deployment in underground transportation systems. In order to effectively rescue people and fight fires, fire departments must be able to access ...
pro adicta - escape Ambulatorium
Schoeftland (ots) - pro adicta facilitates the treatment of addiction to opioids such as heroin and methadone by means of escape, an innovative method of treatment using neuroelectric stimulation. Drug addiction can be overcome more easily using neuronal stimulation. On the basis of the latest knowledge in the ...
Grid stability thanks to solidarity Laufenburg (ots) - The situation in Europe is presently characterised by rising electricity consumption and a growing shortage of available grid capacity. In order to ensure a secure and reliable electricity supply in the future, Swiss operators of transmission and distribution grids aim to create the organisational and technical ...
Bucharest (ots) - In Romania these days you see a lot of smoke from the battle coming from the political scene. Is a poignant image of a country that has just acceded to the EU, but seems to lack political wisdom in order to remain there. When the political alliance came to power in 2004 Romania seemed to go into the right direction. The new government implemented key reforms in several areas and the general sense was that all the political forces were united around a ...
DLG - German Agricultural Society
Frankfurt (ots) - Europe's leading agricultural event - Agritechnica - will be bigger than ever this year. - More exhibitors + larger area = more visitors - Expansion reflects diversity and buoyancy in agriculture - Focus on key areas of innovations, soil and climate issues, bio-energy and used machinery trade Due to take place in Hanover from ...
Prion proteins found in commercial milk Schlieren (ots) - In a first-time global breakthrough, a Swiss start-up firm has succeeded in detecting prion proteins in the milk of humans, cows, sheep, and goats. This again raises the question of a "mad cow disease" risk from drinking milk. Tests are underway to verify disease-causing prions in milk. Prions are known to be causes of neurological conditions such as Mad ...
DLG - German Agricultural Society
Frankfurt (ots) - DLG, the organiser of Agritechnica, has published the results of its 2006 Trendmonitor Survey of nearly 3,000 farmers in six European countries. The findings revealed marked differences in the type of bioenergy sources currently being used by farmers in individual countries and also their ...
Cologne (ots) - They kept millions of users waiting for more then a month, but today Skype (Ebay) finally announced their new "pricing strategy".... Voipbuster could not believe it: instead of lowering their prices they decided to put a sneaky new charge of 3,9 eurocents on all calls!! For almost all Skype users this means a price increase of over 50%! Time to switch, because Voipbuster, the biggest rival of Skype, announced today more new countries can be called ...
Aachen, Germany (ots) - In the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved Versatis®, a novel 5 % lidocaine medicated plaster, for the treatment of neuropathic pain associated with previous herpes zoster infection (post-herpetic neuralgia, PHN), developed by the German drug company Grünenthal. Following this national approval of Versatis® and its national launch on January, ...
St. Gallen (ots) - His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, today accepted the Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Prize in person. At a formal ceremony at the University of St. Gallen attended by several hundred guests from business and politics as well as students, Prof. Dr. ...
Medienfachverlag Oberauer GmbH
Dusseldorf/Frankfurt/Zurich/Salzburg (ots) - In this year Europe's best newspapers come from Belgium, Norway, Finland, Portugal and Spain. 287 newspapers from 26 countries participated in the eighth European Newspaper Award. As the four main newspaper genres such as national paper, regional paper, local paper and weekly differ considerably, they are awarded by the jury separately so that four chief awards can be ...
DLG - German Agricultural Society
Frankfurt (ots) - Published scientific evidence on the impact of global climate change continues to mount and is now overwhelming. Politicians, the private sector, and the general public are increasingly looking to the agricultural sector to deliver alternative renewable energy supplies derived from both animal ...
UEFA - Union of European Football Associ
UEFA Video Service provides live Internet coverage of UEFA Champions League matches in 96 countries. Nyon (ots) - The launch of the UEFA Video Service (UVS), has given Internet users in 96 countries access to live online matches from UEFA competitions. UVS has been developed by UEFA to enable its broadcast partners to extend their rights and provide live match coverage on the Internet. Over 20 broadcasters ...
Fachhochschule Graubünden / FH Graubünden
Chur (ots) - St. Moritz, Davos, Arosa - three resounding Swiss tourism destinations. All three towns lie in the canton of Grisons (Graubünden), the capital of which is Chur, home to the University of Applied Sciences Chur HTW Chur, founded in 1963. Approximately 1,400 students may choose from five Swiss federally approved and internationally recognized Bachelor ...
Provide Benefit of Improved Mood Disturbance for People With Restless Legs Syndrome GLASGOW, Scotland (ots) - - FOR HEALTHCARE JOURNALISTS (For media outside the US only) - New Data Shows pramipexole is an Effective Treatment Option for the Broad Range of RLS Symptoms During Both the Night and Daytime New data indicate that when treated with pramipexole (Sifrol(R)/Mirapexin(R)), ...
Geneva (ots) - SWATCH marked the first session of the Human Rights Council on June 19th with the launch of the first of a series of watches, designed to stimulate continuing awareness of human rights. The blue Human Rights SWATCH watch, launched expressly for the occasion, features a large number 19 in white. This symbol refers not only to the historic birthday of the Council, but also to article 19 of the Universal ...
Università della Svizzera italiana
Saturday 13th May 2006 from 10 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. Great Hall (Aula Magna) on the University Campus in Lugano Lugano (ots) - The Università della Svizzera Italiana is 10 years old! The Dies Academicus is an important opportunity to meet up and exchange information about the development of the USI within the context of our region and in its relations with ...
ICZ - Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich
21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Urology (EAU), Paris, 5th - 8th April 2006 Treatment with degarelix results in fast, profound and sustained reductions in testosterone and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels without a testosterone surge Paris (ots) - Following the presentation today of the results of the Phase IIb programme with degarelix in prostate cancer, which are in line with previous ...
Università della Svizzera italiana
Lugano (ots) - The University of Lugano's Executive Master of Science in Communications Management (MScom) and Copenhagen Business School's Executive Master of Corporate Communications (MCC) announced a co-operation agreement aimed at broadening the international scope of their programs. Under the cooperation ...
Zurich (ots) - The world leader in prion diagnostics has landed another coup in the fight against animal diseases and consumer protection. Prionics AG will be promoting the use of the innovative diagnostic ear tag TypiFix, which combines individual livestock identification with tissue sampling. "The special mummification technique of TypiFix allows it to easily trace back from the fork to the farm", says ...