Senate Resolution 112 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2              BY  SEYMOUR, HATCH, and RAGAN
  1  3 A Resolution recognizing the month of March 2008 as
  1  4    Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month.
  1  5    WHEREAS, deep vein thrombosis is a condition that
  1  6 occurs when a blood clot forms in one of the large
  1  7 veins, which leads to partially or completely blocked
  1  8 circulation and may result in a fatal pulmonary
  1  9 embolism; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, deep vein thrombosis is a serious but
  1 11 preventable medical condition; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, deep vein thrombosis occurs in
  1 13 approximately two million Americans every year; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, fatal pulmonary embolism causes more
  1 15 deaths each year than breast cancer and AIDS combined;
  1 16 and
  1 17    WHEREAS, complications from deep vein thrombosis
  1 18 take up to 300,000 American lives each year; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, fatal pulmonary embolism may be the most
  1 20 common preventable cause of hospital death in the
  1 21 United States; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, the risk factors for deep vein thrombosis
  1 23 include cancer and certain heart or respiratory
  1 24 diseases; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, pulmonary embolism is the leading cause of
  1 26 maternal death associated with childbirth; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, according to a survey conducted by the
  1 28 American Public Health Association, 74 percent of
  1 29 Americans are unaware of deep vein thrombosis; NOW
  1 30 THEREFORE,
  2  1    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2  2 acknowledges the critical importance of raising public
  2  3 awareness of the threat and causes of this deadly
  2  4 disease, and for that purpose recognizes the month of
  2  5 March 2008 as Deep Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month.
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