WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018 ❚ SIUSLAW NEWS
Girl Scout Cookies:
A Delicious Way to Help
Girls Grow and Learn
Atrial Fibrillation: When The Heart Skips A Beat
with AF have a much higher risk
of stroke and an increased risk of
heart failure.
AF is typically caused by dam-
age to the heart from disease, an
abnormality from birth, surgery or
a heart attack. However, adopting
healthy behaviors such as monitor-
ing cholesterol and blood pressure,
avoiding smoking and excessive
caffeine, and not abusing alcohol
can help prevent disease.
How To Tell If You Have AF
As with so many diseases, early
detection of AF is important. Physi-
cians may obtain an electrocardio-
gram (ECG) or stress test, or recom-
mend short-term monitoring with
a cardiac event recorder or Holter
monitor. Unlike these short-term
methods, a small insertable cardiac
monitor (ICM) automatically de-
tects and records abnormal heart
rhythms for up to three years, while
remaining barely detectable under
the patient’s skin. For example, the
Medtronic Reveal LINQ ICM is ap-
proximately one-third the size of
an AAA battery, yet it can accurate-
ly detect AF.
What To Do If You Have AF
Once diagnosed, living with AF
doesn’t have to be a burden. While
treatment options vary, many peo-
ple respond well to medications.
For those whose natural pacemak-
er needs an extra boost to keep
the beat, treatment may include an
implantable cardiac defi brillator
(NAPSA)—Every heart has a
built-in pacemaker that ensures it
beats regularly. When that natural
pacemaker doesn’t do its job, how-
ever, a person may experience an
irregular heart rhythm, the most
common and undertreated of
which is atrial fi brillation (AF). This
irregular heartbeat isn’t always
noticeable at fi rst but can cause
chaos over time.
Understanding AF
AF, which affects more than
33.5 million people worldwide, oc-
curs when the upper chambers of
the heart beat signifi cantly faster
than a normal heartbeat or quiver
irregularly. Some people with AF
have no symptoms, while others
have chest discomfort or pain and
experience fainting or light-head-
edness, as well as fatigue, short-
ness of breath or weakness.
“When I was young, my heart
did funny things. It fl uttered, it
skipped a beat, but mostly it re-
solved by itself,” said Sue Halpern,
a lifelong AF patient. “When it
didn’t resolve by itself, I somehow
learned how to make it stop. I be-
gan to notice in my 20s and early
30s that it was getting harder to
make it stop, but I still didn’t know
anything was wrong with me.”
Because the heart isn’t pump-
ing normally, blood can pool in the
heart and clot; these clots can also
make their way through the blood-
stream. If left untreated, people
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(ICD) or a pacemaker that can re-
spond to and reduce the duration
of AF episodes. An ICD can also de-
tect a dangerous and potentially
life-threatening heart rhythm and
send a lifesaving therapy to cor-
rect it.
Another treatment for parox-
ysmal (fl eeting) atrial fi brillation
(PAF) is cryoablation, a minimally
invasive procedure that isolates
the pulmonary veins, which are a
source of erratic electrical signals
that cause PAF. The device used in
the procedure uses cold energy to
interrupt these irregular electrical
pathways in the heart.
In Halpern’s case, cryoablation
greatly reduced her PAF episodes
and has given her a new outlook
on life.
“For someone who was having
episodes every seven to 10 days
for eight to 12 hours at a time, I
wouldn’t have dreamed of hav-
ing a life free of AF,” Halpern said.
“My advice is, if you feel something
off with your heart, do something
about it.”
Learn More
Those who are living with or
who suspect they may have AF
can get further facts about thera-
pies that may help get their heart
back in sync and fi nd a physician
by visiting www.medtronic.com/
us-en/patients/conditions/atrial-
fi brillation-afi b.html.
(NAPSA)—The next time
you take a bite of sweet Thin
Mints® or Girl Scout S’mores®
cookies, you’ll be doing more
than pleasing your palate.
Each and every Girl Scout
Cookies® purchase powers
amazing experiences for girls,
and 100 percent of the net
proceeds stay local to ben-
efi t the Girl Scout council and
troop. Now, in the 101st year of
Girl Scouts selling cookies, the
organization is celebrating the
next century of female entre-
preneurs and highlighting the
incredible skills and oppor-
tunities that selling cookies
has powered for the millions
of girls and alums all over the
United States.
Buying Cookies Is an Invest-
ment in Female Leadership
Selling cookies teaches
girls essential entrepreneur-
ial skills that benefi t them
both now and in their future
careers. The inclusive, all-girl
environment of a Girl Scout
troop creates a safe space
where they can try new things,
develop a range of skills, take
on leadership roles, and sim-
ply be themselves. Purchas-
ing cookies is an investment
in girls and their leadership,
both now and in their future
careers.
As one successful busi-
nesswoman, Cyd Brandvein,
Director at Google, explained:
“The work ethic, goal-setting,
and entrepreneurial skills I
gained through the cookie
program, not to mention the
supportive, all-girl environ-
ment and female role models
that Girl Scouts provided, con-
tributed greatly to my ability
and success in my career to-
day.”
Anyone who thinks selling
Girl Scout Cookies isn’t rocket
science should consider Girl
Scouts of the USA (GSUSA)
CEO Sylvia Acevedo. Once an
actual rocket scientist at NA-
SA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
she emphasizes, “The most
valuable business lesson I
ever learned was thanks to the
Girl Scout Cookie Program®. I
learned not to take ‘no’ for an
answer, and as a young wom-
an pursuing a career in STEM,
I heard ‘no’ all the time. The
skills I gained from selling Girl
Scout Cookies pushed me to
excel in a career that was out-
side the norm for girls like me.
And many of our more than
50 million alums credit their
career success to skills they
learned selling cookies. After
all, a Girl Scout Cookie pur-
chase is more than just a deli-
cious treat—it’s an investment
in girl entrepreneurs who will
grow up to be the female busi-
ness leaders of the future.”
Given that more than half
of Girl Scout alums in busi-
Girls have the power to
become the next gen-
eration of female leaders.
Developing their entre-
preneurial skills through
the Girl Scout Cookie Pro-
gram can help.
ness fi elds credit the Girl Scout
Cookie Program with help-
ing them develop skills they
use today—including money
management, goal setting,
and public speaking—selling
Girl Scout Cookies has helped
millions of female entrepre-
neurs over the past 100 years
spark their careers.
How It Works
During Girl Scout Cookie
season, participating Girl
Scouts across the country
unlock their amazing G.I.R.L.
(Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-
taker, Leader)™ potential, sell-
ing cookies door to door and
at booths, as well as through
the Digital Cookie® platform,
an innovative and educational
web-based addition to the
cookie program supported
by Dell that allows girls to run
and manage their Girl Scout
Cookie businesses online. The
funds from every cookie pur-
chase power amazing experi-
ences for girls year-round.
Cookie Earnings Support
Your Local Community
Because 100 percent of the
net revenue girls raise through
cookie sales funds local Girl
Scout council programs, troop
programs, and community
projects, customers who pur-
chase cookies are making an
important investment in their
community and supporting
exciting and formative lead-
ership experiences for girls.
Councils depend on cookie
earnings to run their program-
ming, and girls decide how to
devote their troop’s portion
of the earnings to impactful
community projects and per-
sonal enrichment opportuni-
ties.
Learn More
To fi nd Girl Scouts selling
cookies near you, visit www.
girlscoutcookies.org or use
the offi cial Girl Scout Cookie
Finder app, free on iOS and
Android devices. To volunteer,
reconnect, donate, or join, visit
www.girlscouts.org.
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