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Ford Motor Company Sponsors Athletes for Life Foundation

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 General News
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 Athletes for LifeFoundation ("AFL"), representing such legends as Jimmy Brown, Joe Theismann,Rick Barry, Anthony Munoz -- and dozens of other Hall of Fame athletes fromevery area of sports and all demographics -- has announced that it has reacheda sponsorship accord with Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) with respect to AFL'scorporate charter of eradicating late-stage cardiovascular disease. Thedetails of the sponsorship accord have not been disclosed, and -- as well --are private as between the two corporations.
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Willie Gault -- AFL's Founder -- commented: "We are extremely pleased andexcited that the legendary Ford Motor Company has had the vision and foresightto assist in AFL's furious quest to change the way cardiovascular disease ismonitored and treated. To have perhaps America's most legendary company,Ford, assisting the legends that make-up Athletes for Life is quite gratifyingindeed. With the use of the Signalife technologies, we will be able to makethe time for change now. The public is advised to keep a close eye onupcoming press releases regarding initial and upcoming events as AFL rolls outits health care machine at which point we will level the playing field for thebenefit of our sponsors, constituents and supporters."
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About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company and its subsidiaries design, develop, manufacture, andservice cars, trucks, and parts worldwide. The company operates through twosectors: Automotive and Financial Services. The Automotive sector sells cars,trucks, and parts under Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar, andAston Martin brand names. This sector markets its products through retaildealers in North America, and through distributors and dealers outside ofNorth America. In addition, it sells cars and trucks to dealers for sale tofleet customers, including daily rental car companies, commercial fleetcustomers, leasing companies, and governments. This sector also provides arange of after-the-sale vehicle services and products, maintenance and lightrepair, heavy repair, collision, vehicle accessories, and extended servicewarranty. The Finance Services sector offers various automotive financingproducts to and through automotive dealers worldwide. It offers retailfinancing, wholesale financing, and other financing, such as making loans todealers for working capital, improvements to dealership facilities, and theacquisition and refinancing of dealership real estate. This sector servicesthe finance receivables and leases that it originates and purchases, makesloans to affiliates, purchases receivables, and provides insurance servicesrelated to its financing programs. The company was founded in 1903 and isbased in Dearborn, Michigan.

About Athletes for Life Foundation

Athletes for Life is a Non-Profit Foundation containing dozens of famousrole models and athletes who are tired of having their friends die at earlyages -- or have invasive heart procedures -- when there is no reason for ouradvanced society to be so backward. AFL is committed to -- and does in fact -- bring new technologies to healthcare, it brings life mobiles to communitiesso that health care comes to the masses and not visa versa, it providesfoundational support for health care facilities and hospitals, and "levels theplaying field" for all demographic groups of cultures through competent healthcare facilities and education with the role models and athletes who have madeour lives unique in decades of professional sports.

About Signalife

Signalife, Inc. is a life sciences company focused on the monitoring anddetection of disease through continuous biomedical signal monitoring.Signalife uses its patented signal technology to design and develop medicaldevices that simplify and reduce the costs of diagnostic testing and patientmonitoring in an ambulatory setting.

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