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Girl Scouts sacrifice cookie cash for sick leader The Charlotte Observer Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:18 AM PST (The Associated Press) A Girl Scout troop in New Jersey is giving up a whitewater rafting trip and donating its cookie money to the family of its ailing leader. Jennie Perrottet (pehr-oh-TAY') is the 44-year-old leader of Cadette Girl Scout Troop 30975 in Berlin Borough. She had a heart attack last month and was well enough to communicate with her family only Thursday. The girls decided to give ... Wear Red Day for Women's Heart Health FOX 9 News Twin Cities Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:12 AM PST This week many people are talking about "going red for women" to emphasize the fact heart disease is the number one killer of women. Efficacy Of Stents Is Improved When Their Placement Is Determined By Arterial Blood Flow Measurement Science Daily Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:11 AM PST Reperfusion therapy in the form of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is now the recommended first treatment for victims of acute myocardial infarction. New European guidelines emphasized speed of action and the importance of reperfusion therapy to restore blood flow to the heart and improve survival rates. The benefits of PCI are less clear in patients with stable coronary artery disease; ... Go Red for Women's Heart Health KKTV 11 Colorado Springs Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:07 AM PST By wearing red, you're showing your support and raising awareness for women's heart health. Many people think that heart disease is a "man's" disease, but it's the number one killer of women. Metro Briefs The Daily Iowan Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:06 AM PST UI heart project nets grant A decades-old UI heart-disease project has netted a five-year, $10.4 million National Institutes of Health grant, UI officials announced Thursday. Heart tests: What should you have? What can you skip? CNN Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:05 AM PST When Carrie Vincent of Westminster, Maryland, had three miscarriages a few years ago, her doctors put her through a lot of tests. She found she suffered from an ailment known as prothrombin gene mutation, a rare syndrome that causes blood clots. The Posting Board Harvard Hillside Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:59 AM PST Calendar Friday, Feb. 6 Heart attack prevention: 1 p.m. at the Hildreth House, Virginia Dow, manager of the Cardiac Rehab Program at Emerson Hospital who has been a cardiac nurse for 25 years, will present information on learning how to prevent a heart attack, how to recognize one and what you can do about it if you are having one. The fishy obituary... written by a conman who faked his own death to avoid £1million EU quotas fine Daily Mail Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:57 AM PST Fisherman Derek Atkins, 55, has admitted faking his death to try to avoid fines of up to £1million for over-fishing. He claimed that he died of a heart attack and then wrote the obituary for a fishing industry journal. Girl Scouts donate cookie money to leader The Record Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:44 AM PST BERLIN, N.J. -- A Girl Scout troop is foregoing a whitewater rafting trip to donate its cookie money to the family of its ailing leader. Jennie Perrottet, the 44-year-old leader of Cadette Girl Scout Troop 30975 in Berlin Borough, had a heart attack last moth. South Africa: Red Heart Super 14 Rugby Fund AllAfrica.com Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:39 AM PST Red Heart, one of the official sponsors of Vodacom Super 14 Rugby, has formed the Red Heart Rugby Fund which will facilitate donations to a rugby rehabilitation cause, the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Fund.

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