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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | April 29, 2013 09:29 AM |
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| From: | Senator Lawrence M. Farnese, Jr. and Sen. Rob Teplitz |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Resolution - Recognizing May 2013 as "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness (ALS) Month" in Pennsylvania |
| We will soon be introducing a resolution recognizing May 2013 as “Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness (ALS) Month” in Pennsylvania. Commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. As the disease progresses, patients experience difficulty breathing, swallowing and speaking and eventually, muscles atrophy so that the patient becomes a functional quadriplegic. At the same time, ALS does not affect a patient’s mental capacity, so the patient remains alert and aware of his or her loss of motor functions and the inevitable outcome of continued deterioration and death. Currently, there is no known cause, means of prevention, or cure. This disease most commonly affects those between the ages of 40 and 70 years and affects both men and women without bias. Research indicates that military veterans are affected at twice the rate of the general population. Please join us in recognizing and providing education on the terrible impacts of this disease by co-sponsoring this resolution. |
Introduced as SR145