Press Releases from The Investor Relations Group (16 total)
Digital DNA takes on SAT Exam Cheating
As New York lawmakers consider a bill that would make cheating on the SAT a felony, one company thinks it has the answer to thwarting testing fraud: the "digitalDNA™ ID."
Stony Brook, NY - (February 03, 2011) -- Residents of New York State, and Long Island in particular, were in shock last November when dozens of students were arrested, accused of paying up to thousands of dollars each to have others…
Dietary Supplements May Do More Harm Than Good
Supplements are certainly good for their manufacturers and those who sell them, because profits are high. Yet are they really good for your health ask Authors of New Book.
New York, NY, USA – November 12, 2011 -- Most people think nutritional supplements are healthy. But is this true? Every time a “beneficial” compound is identified in whole foods, there is a rush to isolate and process it into a pill…
Breathing Exercises Are Key to Relieving Stress, Say Experts
New York, NY - October 26, 2011 -- Many specialists believe that breathing exercises are essential to relieve stress. Yet reaping their benefits requires recognizing the need for such exercises.
“Recognizing the true extent of stress in our lives can be difficult,” say boomer generation health experts Dian Griesel, Ph.D., and Tom Griesel, authors of the new book TurboCharged: Accelerate Your Fat Burning Metabolism, Get Lean Fast and Leave Diet and…
New Study Show A Rise in Childhood Eating Disorders
Nutritionists often write about the obesity epidemic and how it is affecting children. An August 1 article on Yahoo! Health, “Anorexia Affecting Young Children in UK: Statistics,” was particularly disturbing, with statistics on the rate of reported cases of anorexia or bulimia for children 5 to 15 years old in the UK.
New York, NY, August 26, 2011 -- Nutritionists often write about the obesity epidemic and how it is…
Singing Film Critic Completes First Summer Season Of Posting Reviews Of Blockbus …
Establishes Online Home at SingingFilmCritic.com.
BALTIMORE - August 11, 2011 -- Leland, the Singing Film Critic, a hand puppet with googly eyes, a bulbous nose and a stylish tan hat, has completed his first season of reviewing summer blockbuster movies and has established an online home at http://www.SingingFilmCritic.com.
Over the past few months, Leland has sung his reviews of 12 movies: Thor, Priest, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, X-Men: First…
Go Fishing for Health says New Study on Benefits of Eating Fish
New York, NY, August 10, 2011 -- Age related macular degeneration is a serious medical condition that can make it difficult or impossible to read or recognize faces. It is a major cause of visual impairment in adults aged 50 and older.
The Women’s Health Study, which included almost 40,000 female health professionals, with an average age of 55, conducted over a 10 year period, found those who ate fish, like…
New Diet Book describes Why carbohydrates make us fat
New York, NY, USA - August 09, 2011 -- All carbohydrates, complex or simple are converted to blood sugar. The greater the amount consumed, the higher blood sugar will be raised. Refined carbohydrates like sugar or white bread are converted and absorbed more quickly. Complex carbohydrates like grains are converted more slowly but still end up elevating blood sugar to high levels.
Refined carbohydrate products and grains are very low in…
Some "Berry" Good News for Eating Fruit
TurboCharged® is a groundbreaking 8-Step program that defies common weight-loss theories.
New York, NY – August 04, 2011 -- The Oregon State University’s Department of Food Science and Technology recently found that salicylic acid, a natural form of aspirin, is found in berries that grow on canes such as blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. They reported that the salicylic acid in berries could prove to have similar effects to aspirin in…
New Authors Believe Eliminating Gluten Improves Well Being
In TurboCharged, we recommend eliminating or severely restricting all grains and grain products mainly because they cause insulin levels to rise (even when consumed in small amounts) resulting in bodily stress and undesirable fat storage.
New York, NY - August 3, 2011 -- In the USA wheat is consumed in huge quantities. Grains form the base of the USDA food pyramid so there is no doubt we are consuming plenty…
TurboCharged Authors Explain How Much Red Meat is Too Much Red Meat
TurboCharged® is a groundbreaking 8-Step program that defies common weight-loss theories.
New York, NY - July 28, 2011 -- A recent report by a team of international researchers said there is evidence that eating too much red meat and processed meat raises the risk of colorectal cancer. They also found that consuming plenty of plant-based fiber reduces the risk. After conducting a review of hundreds of published studies an…
Environmental Health Trust Lauds San Francisco for Saving Right-to-Know on Cell …
Approved legislation requiring businesses to provide safety information about cell phone radiation to people before they purchase their phones is a real victory for people all over the world.
Washington, DC, July 14, 2011 -- Citizens of San Francisco won an important victory on July 11 when the Community Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation requiring businesses to provide safety information about…
Author’s Advice for Pre-Diabetics? Start Eating More Fruit
Both pre-diabetics and diabetics are sometimes concerned about eating fruit due to its reported "high sugar content." Are fruits wrongly lumped into the catch-all phrase "carbohydrate" and incorrectly classified as a sugar food?
New York, NY – June 10th, 2011 -- Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have "prediabetes," defined as blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as…
Is Niaspan Necessary? New Study Raises Debate Over Use of Cholesterol Drug
According to the Los Angeles Times, doctors say that statins, including simvastatin, Lipitor and Crestor, are great at lowering bad cholesterol—so good that it’s not necessary to add another medication to a patient’s regimen.
Seattle, WA – June 10th, 2011 -- Niaspan is a cholesterol drug manufactured by Abbott Laboratories. Doctors have customarily prescribed Niacin to raise levels of HDL ("good" cholesterol) in patients taking a statin pill that is…
Environmental Health Trust Urges US Federal Government to Help Implement Cell Ph …
Working with some of the world’s top scientists, EHT researches new health problems linked with cell phones; publicizes case reports on rare cell phone-associated illnesses. the organization is making a call for action made in light of world health organization’s recent declaration that cell phone radiation may cause cancer in humans
Jackson, WY, June 07, 2011 -- Following the World Health Organization’s recent declaration that cell phone radiation is a possible…
Kids Create Winning Videos, Lead the Way in National Cell Phone Safety Awareness …
Determined to protect children from the dangers of cell phone irradiation, the Environmental Health Trust recently launched the Campaign for Safer Cell Phones, and the Get Wired Action Program in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to serve as a model for communities across the nation and around the globe.
Jackson, WY, May 21, 2011 -- Dozens of enthusiastic schoolchildren from Jackson Hole, Wyoming created videos about how to use a cell phone safely,…
Environmental Health Trust Supports California State Senator Mark Leno’s Intro …
If passed into law, SB 932 would require a specified notice relating to radiofrequency energy emitted by a cell phone to be prominently displayed by the retailer of the cell phone immediately adjacent to the displayed purchase price at the physical retail location and on the retailer’s websites, and on the cell phone’s exterior packaging or on a label attached to that exterior packaging.
Jackson, WY, May 10, 2011 -- Environmental…
