Full Text of HR0126 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control, | 3 | | heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and | 4 | | people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Every 36 seconds, one person dies in the United | 7 | | States from cardiovascular disease; about 655,000 Americans | 8 | | die from heart disease each year, which accounts for one in | 9 | | every four deaths; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Including the cost of health care services, | 11 | | medicines, and lost productivity, the costs of heart disease | 12 | | to the United States are estimated in the hundreds of billions | 13 | | of dollars; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In the United States, someone has a heart attack | 15 | | every 40 seconds; every year, approximately 805,000 Americans | 16 | | have a heart attack with about 605,000 being a first heart | 17 | | attack; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control, an | 19 | | estimated 80 percent of heart disease is preventable; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, While nationwide programs assist in awareness and |
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| 1 | | education, it is imperative that each state increase its | 2 | | efforts locally, regionally, and statewide to educate its | 3 | | citizens about heart disease, including how to prevent it and | 4 | | how to keep our hearts healthy; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, President Lyndon B. Johnson, who suffered from a | 6 | | heart attack, issued the first proclamation declaring February | 7 | | to be American Heart Month in 1964; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Increasing awareness of heart health is important | 9 | | to reducing the prevalence of heart disease and heart attacks; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Promoting annual heart wellness checks, including | 12 | | cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar tests, would | 13 | | increase the chances of preventing the onset of heart attack | 14 | | or heart disease; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, A new test, the coronary calcium scan or heart | 16 | | scan, helps reveal a person's risk of heart disease before | 17 | | other warning signs appear by assisting the doctor in | 18 | | detecting and measuring calcium containing plaque in the | 19 | | arteries; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we acknowledge the importance of heart health, including the | 2 | | importance of coronary calcium scans or heart scans, in | 3 | | preventing the onset of a heart attack or heart disease, and we | 4 | | acknowledge the need to increase education and awareness of | 5 | | heart health locally, regionally, and throughout the State of | 6 | | Illinois; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage citizens to obtain critical | 8 | | annual heart wellness tests.
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