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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On behalf of the citizens of Illinois, the members |
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| of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to join |
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| the American Stroke Association, a division of the American |
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| Heart Association, in celebrating May of 2009 and every May |
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| thereafter as American Stroke Month in the State of Illinois; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Stroke Survivors Empowering Each Other (SSEEO), a |
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| first-of-its-kind-in-the-nation group of stroke survivors from |
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| all parts of Illinois is meeting in Springfield on May 2, 2009 |
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| for the 2009 Springfield Start! Heart Walk in order to create |
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| opportunities for people to improve their health by walking and |
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| simultaneously raising funds to help fight heart disease and |
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| stroke; and
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| WHEREAS, Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the |
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| United States, killing about 150,000 Americans each year; and
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| WHEREAS, Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term |
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| disability with more than 1.1 million American adults |
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| experiencing functional limitations or difficulty with |
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| activities of daily living resulting from a stroke; and
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| WHEREAS, Americans are more aware of the risk factors and |
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| warning signs for stroke than in the past, but still less than |
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| one in five adults can correctly classify all stroke symptoms; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Warning signs of stroke include sudden numbness or |
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| weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the |
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| body; sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding; |
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| sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; sudden trouble |
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| walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination; and sudden |
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| severe headache with no known cause; and
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| WHEREAS, Stroke leads to the death of more than 7,500 |
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| citizens of Illinois each year and disables thousands more; and
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| WHEREAS, New and effective treatments have been developed |
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| to treat and minimize the severity and damaging effects of |
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| strokes, but much more research is needed; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| proclaim May of 2009 and every May thereafter to be American |
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| Stroke Month in the State of Illinois and urge all the citizens |
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| of our State to familiarize themselves with the warning signs, |
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| symptoms, and risk factors associated with stroke so that we |
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| might begin to reduce the devastating effects of stroke on our |
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| population.
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