LOS ANGELES, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Due to overwhelming demand
for ambulatory heart tests performed by the Athletes for Life Foundation, Inc.
('AFL' or the 'Foundation') using Signalife, Inc.'s (Amex: SGN) award winning
Fidelity 100 ECG system, AFL is returning to Ada, Oklahoma, to perform more
ECG tests at the request of the Chickasaw Nation and members of the local
community. Andrea Pogue MSN, RN, Industrial Coordinator of the Pontotoc
Technology Center ('PTC') of The Chickasaw Nation, said, 'We are so happy you
all decided to come to PTC and bring the trailer to perform life saving
screenings.'
Willie Gault, Super Bowl champion, Olympic gold medalist, and winner of
the prestigious Jim Thorpe award, and one of the founders of Athletes For
Life, said, 'After our last ECG screenings at the Pontotoc Technology Center,
performed as part of a program sponsored by the National Library of Medicine
(NLM), a division of the National Institute of Health's (NIH), we were invited
back to Ada, Oklahoma to expand our efforts to test both numerous people we
were unable to test on our first visit as well as many new members of the
public. In our first series of tests, we identified a life threatening
condition in a local 16 year old, which on its own justifies our program. I
plan to be back in Ada to help raise awareness about heart disease and visit
with the young man and his family.'
The Foundation is performing heart screening at its trailer at the Carl
Albert Hospital until Friday July 18, and will then move its trailer to the
Chickasaw Community Center to continue screening until July 26.
Athletes for Life Foundation has continued to select Signalife's award
winning technology to perform its heart monitoring and screening. The
Signalife monitor is a 12 lead ambulatory ECG system capable of detecting
subtle ECG changes that may be significant for early diagnosis of potential
heart problems.
About Athletes for Life Foundation
The Athletes for Life Foundation, www.athletesforlife.com, is a non-profit
foundation whose membership includes a multitude of famous role models and
athletes who have witnessed friends and colleagues die suddenly from cardiac
disease. The Athletes for Life Foundation is committed to promoting early
diagnosis and treatment of cardiac disease in order to save lives. The
Athletes for Life Foundation is committed to bringing -- and does bring -- new
technologies to healthcare.
