Full Text of HR0793 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Heart disease is the number one killer of women, | 3 | | yet is often preventable; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Cardiovascular diseases cause one in 3 women's | 5 | | deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every minute; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, An estimated 43 million women in the United States | 8 | | are affected by cardiovascular diseases; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Heart disease kills more women than all forms of | 10 | | cancer combined, but is often undiagnosed; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ninety percent of women have one or more risk | 12 | | factors for developing heart disease, yet only one in 5 | 13 | | American women believe that heart disease is their greatest | 14 | | health threat; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Women comprise only 24% of participants in all | 16 | | heart-related studies; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Since 1984, more women than men have died each | 18 | | year from heart disease and the gap between men and women's | 19 | | survival continues to widen; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Women are less likely to call 911 for themselves | 2 | | when experiencing symptoms of a heart attack than they are if | 3 | | someone else were having a heart attack; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The American Heart Association's Go Red For Women | 5 | | movement has impacted the health of women for the last 10 | 6 | | years; more than 627,000 lives have been saved and 330 fewer | 7 | | women are dying every day; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In celebration of the 10th anniversary of National | 9 | | Wear Red Day on February 7, 2014, Go Red For Women is asking | 10 | | all women across America to Go Red by wearing red and speaking | 11 | | red; Go Red For Women has suggested that women ask their doctor | 12 | | to check their blood pressure and cholesterol, stop smoking, | 13 | | lose weight, exercise, and eat healthy, realize their risk of | 14 | | heart disease, educate their families on the importance of | 15 | | healthy food choices and regular physical activity, and tell | 16 | | every woman they know that heart disease is their number one | 17 | | killer; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, By increasing awareness, speaking up about heart | 19 | | disease, and empowering women to reduce their risk for | 20 | | cardiovascular disease, we can save thousands of lives each | 21 | | year; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we designate the date of February 7, 2014 as Illinois Wear Red | 4 | | Day in the State of Illinois and urge the citizens of this | 5 | | State to show their support for women and the fight against | 6 | | heart disease by commemorating this day by wearing the color | 7 | | red; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Go Red For Women as a symbol of our esteem and | 10 | | respect.
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