Friday, February 20, 2009

Face of Cheerios (USA)

Face of Cheerios (USA)"Dolores Marino, an Apple Valley resident for four decades, nearly died in 2006. Now she's the face of Cheerios' heart awareness campaign, plastered on 8 million cereal boxes in stores and homes across the country. 'The irony of my story is that I have been a nurse for more than 25 years,' Marino, 61, said. 'I take care of patients. Never in my wildest imagination would I have predicted open-heart surgery for myself.' About 20 years ago, Marino attended a health fair put on by nursing students at Victor Valley College. She paid $25 to have lab work done, and found out she had high cholesterol. When she was in her mid-50s, Marino learned she also had high blood pressure." - Freedom Communications, Inc.

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