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-----Original Message-----
From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, April 06, 1998 6:48 AM
Subject: House-Senate RESOLUTIONS-any other states?


>^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS  FROM^^^^^^^^^^
>Ivan Suzman      48/11                 [log in to unmask]
>Portland, Maine   land of lighthouses    34   deg. F overccst
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>MAINE House-Senate RESOLUTION (S. 868)
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>Dear Listmembers,
>
>Karen Bardo and I will be on WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine at 12:30 today.
>The RESOLUTION below will be mentioned, as will our APRIL 11 celebration
>of World Parkinsons' Day.
>
>Have  any other states adopted Parkinson's Awareness legislative
>resolutions?
>
>Ivan
>
>
>
>On 20 Mar 1998 16:52:13 -0500 "Delfranco, Judi"
><[log in to unmask]> writes:
>>JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING PARKINSON'S
>>DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH
>>
>> WHEREAS, Parkinson's disease is a brain disorder that usually affects
>>
>>adults over 40, although it can appear in younger persons; and
>>
>> WHEREAS, Parkinson's disease, or Paralysis Agitans, is a devastating,
>>
>>painful and incurable brain disorder of unknown origin that disrupts
>>and
>>can end the lives of those who suffer from it as well as overwhelming
>>the
>>lives of their families and friends; and
>>
>> WHEREAS, more individuals suffer from Parkinson's disease than
>>multiple
>>sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease combined; and
>>
>> WHEREAS, Parkinson's disease often takes an enormous emotional,
>>psychological and physical toll on the families surrounding their
>>suffering loved ones; and
>>
>> WHEREAS, Parkinson's disease appears eventually in approximately one
>>of
>>4 persons older than 80 years of age and in one of 10 persons older
>>than
>>60 years of age, thereby directly touching the lives of at least one
>>of
>>10 families in the State; and
>>
>> WHEREAS, according to the American Parkinson Disease Association
>>there
>>are approximately 1.5 million people in the United States diagnosed
>>with
>>Parkinson's disease, of which 7,000 or more are in the State of Maine;
>>
>>and
>>
>> WHEREAS, the symptoms of Parkinson's disease - stillness, tremors,
>>slowness, poor movement and difficulty with balance and speaking are
>>
>>often mistaken as a normal part of the aging process; and
>>
>> WHEREAS, the cause of the disease is unknown, and drugs can only
>>control
>>some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease for a short period of
>>time;
>>and
>>
>> WHEREAS, the historic and crucial Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease
>>
>>Research Act of 1997, which would provide up to $100,000,000 of
>>funding
>>specifically for Parkinson's disease, has recently been passed by the
>>
>>Congress after a courageous 4-year struggle by Parkinson's sufferers
>>
>>usually too sick to go to Washington; and
>>
>> WHEREAS, the entire congressional delegation from Maine was the first
>>
>>delegation from any state to join in cosponsoring the Udall
>>Parkinson's
>>legislation; and
>>
>> WHEREAS, April 11th has been proclaimed to be World Parkinson's Day,
>>a
>>day for all to recognize the need for more research and help in
>>dealing
>>with the devastating effects of Parkinson's disease; and
>>
>> WHEREAS, increased education and research are needed to help find
>>more
>>effective treatments and ultimately a cure for Parkinson's disease and
>>to
>>provide more effective support programs and services to Parkinson's
>>disease patients and their caregivers and families; and
>>
>> WHEREAS, the leading public officials of the State and leading
>>officials
>>in the State's medical community are now called upon to aid in
>>reversing
>>the invisibility and voicelessness of its citizens suffering from
>>Parkinson's disease; now, therefore, be it
>>
>> RESOLVED:  That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Eighteenth
>>Legislature, now assembled in the Second Regular Session, recognize
>>the
>>month of April as Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month throughout the
>>
>>State of Maine; and be it further
>>
>> RESOLVED:  That a suitable copy of this resolution, duly
>>authenticated
>>by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to the American Parkinson
>>Disease Association, Maine State Chapter.
>>
>