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Jump Rope for Heart Ralston Recorder Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:19 PM PDT Students ask friends and family for donations and receive thank-you gifts based on the dollars they raise. This educational program teaches physical fitness and promotes the value of community service to students and their families. It shows students that they can contribute to their community's welfare. Study: Cholesterol drug lowers blood clot risk KMOV St. Louis Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:50 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Statin drugs, taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease, also can cut the risk of developing dangerous blood clots that can lodge in the legs or lungs, a major study suggests. Marine recovers after explosion The Sand Mountain Reporter Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:27 PM PDT An Albertville Marine received a Purple Heart on Monday after being injured in an Afghanistan explosion. Matthew Body, 23, sustained injuries that are not as bad as originally feared. He was injured this weekend in explosions that killed two of his fellow Marines. Abbott, Astra drug combo works in cholesterol study Reuters Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:19 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - A combination of Abbott Laboratories' new TriLipix triglycerides medicine and a low dose of AstraZeneca Plc's Crestor cholesterol drug proved better than the individual pills in helping improve heart risk factors, researchers said. Pregnancy hormone shows promise in heart failure Boston Globe Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:16 PM PDT A pregnancy hormone that relaxes blood vessels appeared to reduce symptoms of acute heart failure and improve survival, according to a preliminary study released by U.S. researchers on Sunday. 1.7M People Visit Webpage Urging Gov. Schwarzenegger to Save California AIDS Care Plan Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:10 PM PDT LOS ANGELES----More than 1.7 million people have visited a multi-media webpage urging California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to 'Have a Heart' and save 'Positive Healthcare,' a California primary care case management health care plan caring for low income people living with AIDS. Mexican border state top cop replaced after escape KAUZ Wichita Falls Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:08 PM PDT A group of at least a dozen armed men on Monday broke into the hospital where Borunda was taken from jail to be treated for reported heart problems and freed him. Heart Scans Costing $2,000 Each Unneeded in One of Five Cases Bloomberg Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:00 PM PDT March 29 (Bloomberg) -- One in five heart scans that use small amounts of radioactive material to track blood flow in a patient’s veins are done unnecessarily, a study says, at an average cost of $2,000 apiece. America's Next Top Model CW Arkansas Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:58 PM PDT Heart disease is the nation's leading cause of death. What can you do to reduce the risk of heart disease? Accident still motivating victim to work for blood donations Flower Mound Leader Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:58 PM PDT March is Red Cross Month, and one would be hard-pressed to find anyone who takes that to heart more than Alison Cook. Cook, formerly Alison Metzger when she attended Marcus High School, has made the American Red Cross a part of her life. That’s because in 1997, the organization saved hers.

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