PRINTER'S NO. 1426
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
243
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WILEY, BREWSTER, GREENLEAF, EICHELBERGER, KITCHEN,
SABATINA, TEPLITZ, FARNESE, BROWNE, BAKER, BARTOLOTTA,
RAFFERTY, SCHWANK, DINNIMAN, SCAVELLO AND YUDICHAK,
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, NOVEMBER 17, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of November 2015 as "Epilepsy Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Epilepsy affects more than 200,000 Pennsylvanians;
and
WHEREAS, Epilepsy is one of the world's oldest known medical
conditions; and
WHEREAS, Epilepsy is not a widely understood medical
condition; and
WHEREAS, Diagnoses of this chronic brain condition often
leads to fear, discrimination and isolation; and
WHEREAS, As the third most common neurological disorder in
the United States, following stroke and Alzheimer's disease,
epilepsy affects 5 million Americans of all ages; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 200,000 new cases of epilepsy are
diagnosed each year, most often in young children or senior
citizens; and
WHEREAS, One in ten Americans will experience a seizure at
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some point in their lives and 3% of them will eventually develop
epilepsy; and
WHEREAS, One in three people with epilepsy endure
uncontrollable seizures because no available treatment is
effective; and
WHEREAS, Epilepsy is characterized by recurring seizures that
are physical reactions to sudden, brief, excessive electrical
discharges in brain cells; and
WHEREAS, These excessive electrical discharges impact the
brain, causing seizure disorders; and
WHEREAS, Seizures, often thought to be full-body convulsions,
can be brief muscle spasms or unconscious behaviors that appear
to be attention lapses; and
WHEREAS, Increased awareness of epilepsy eases fears of the
condition and improves the lives of the millions of affected
persons and those who care for them; and
WHEREAS, Encouraging the support of epilepsy research
programs can lead to better and brighter futures for persons
with epilepsy; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of November
2015 as "Epilepsy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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