ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Prevent Cancer Foundation is delighted to be chosen by Panther Expedited Services, Inc. as a recipient of their workplace giving program.

PHILADELPHIA, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) study which seeks to establish whether high-doses of the chemotherapy drug temozolomide after radiotherapy can improve outcome for patients with newly diagnosed malignant glioma is a possible consideration for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and other patients with this type of brain tumor.

Two Las Vegas clinics are linked to an outbreak of hepatitis C and HIV. The Nevada Health District sent more than 40,000 "Dear Patient" letters to those treated after March 2004 . Patients treated before March 2004 have not been warned that they are at risk of infection of these contagious diseases.

BETHESDA, Md., May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Micromet, Inc. (Nasdaq: MITI), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, proprietary antibodies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases, today announced that the company will provide an update on the phase 1 clinical trial underway for its BiTE(R) antibody MT103/MEDI-538 at the 10th International Conference on Malignant Lymphomas, taking place June 4-7 in Lugano, Switzerland.

Statement of William V. Corr Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

LONG BEACH, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether your summer travel plans include a long vacation or a short getaway, if you are an older adult there are things you should do before leaving home to ensure a healthy trip. According to Timothy Schwab, M.D., chief medical officer of SCAN Health Plan, these ten tips for seniors apply whether you're planning to go out of the country or just a few counties away.

The study, part of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, ...

TORONTO, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Novadaq(R) Technologies Inc. (TSX: NDQ), a developer of real-time imaging and image guidance systems for use in the operating room, today announced that results of a clinical study of the SPY(R) Intra-operative Imaging System in urology was presented at the recent 2008 American Urological Association (AUA) conference in Orlando, Florida. The poster presentation, given by Dragan Golijanin, M.D., a urologist from the University of Rochester, was entitled Near Infrared Fluorescence (NIRF) of Intravenous Indocyanine Green (ICG) for Intra-operative Imaging of Renal Cortical Tumors: A Report on Completed Feasibility Study and was designated as the best poster in its scientific session.

FARGO, N.D., May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As oil and gasoline prices reach ever higher levels, the price of fuel at one North Dakota service station is going down -- at least for a couple of hours. On Friday, May 23, the Petro Serve USA station at 3902 Main Street in Fargo will lower the price of E85 by 85¢ per gallon from 3 - 5 p.m. The promotion is sponsored by the American Lung Association of North Dakota, which promotes the cleaner-burning fuel as a less-polluting alternative to gasoline.