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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 820
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize the members of the Texas Juvenile Diabetes Research |
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Foundation for their dedication to fund research and support |
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policies to find a cure for juvenile diabetes; and |
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WHEREAS, Diabetes is a chronic, debilitating disease that |
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affects every organ system; the two major types of diabetes are |
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Type 1 diabetes, known as juvenile diabetes, and Type 2 diabetes, |
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known as adult onset diabetes; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2002, seven percent of the population of the |
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United States was affected by diabetes, and it is estimated |
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that by 2020 33 percent of the population will be affected; in |
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addition, diabetes-related costs in the nation in 2002 were |
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$132 billion and are expected to rise to $192 billion in the |
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year 2020, accounting for one-third of the Medicare budget; and |
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WHEREAS, In juvenile diabetes, the body's immune system |
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attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells of the |
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pancreas; it strikes children suddenly and makes them dependent |
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on injected or pumped insulin for life and carries the constant |
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threat of complications; it can strike adults as well; and |
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WHEREAS, Insulin allows a person to stay alive, but it is |
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not a cure; it does not prevent eventual complications, which may |
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include kidney failure, nerve damage, blindness, heart disease, |
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stroke, or amputation; and |
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WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Juvenile Diabetes Research |
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Foundation and the organization's youth ambassadors met recently |
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with legislators at the State Capitol for a "Promise to Remember Me" |
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Day to bring attention to the need for research; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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80th Legislature, hereby commend the members of the Texas Juvenile |
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Diabetes Research Foundation, the young people who are youth |
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ambassadors, and other volunteers for their worthy efforts on |
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behalf of the millions of people who are living with diabetes and |
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extend to them best wishes in their continuing efforts to find a |
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cure; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in |
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honor of the Texas Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. |
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Shapiro |
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Watson |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 24, 2007. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |