Full Text of SR0720 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or simply | 3 | | pulmonary fibrosis, is a serious disorder that creates scarring | 4 | | in the delicate lung tissue of affected patients causing | 5 | | progressive, incurable lung disease; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Pulmonary fibrosis progresses quickly, often | 7 | | causing limited quality of life, disability, and death within a | 8 | | few short years; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In many cases, there is no identified cause of | 10 | | pulmonary fibrosis and approximately 200,000 people in the | 11 | | United States are estimated to be affected by the disease; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Pulmonary fibrosis is often misdiagnosed and | 13 | | under-diagnosed, and a need has been identified to increase | 14 | | wide-ranging awareness and detection of this imperceptible | 15 | | disorder; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation will unify | 17 | | patients, caregivers, medical professionals, and the general | 18 | | public, by sharing and providing the latest information and | 19 | | advancements alongside all of the work still to be done within | 20 | | the global pulmonary fibrosis community; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Established in 2000, the Pulmonary Fibrosis | 2 | | Foundation is a nonprofit
organization that maintains a global | 3 | | mission to serve as the trusted resource for
the pulmonary | 4 | | fibrosis community by raising awareness, providing disease | 5 | | education, and
funding research; the Foundation works | 6 | | diligently to foster conversations and
collaboration between | 7 | | everyone affected by pulmonary fibrosis, including those
| 8 | | living with the disease, the medical and research community, | 9 | | and the
pharmaceutical industry; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare September of | 12 | | 2015 as Global Pulmonary Fibrosis Month in the State of | 13 | | Illinois to increase awareness of this disease and encourage | 14 | | research into new treatments; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation as a symbol of | 17 | | our respect and esteem.
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