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Legislative
Action Alert
National Congressional Call-in Day
September 15, 2010
Help Find a Cure for Scleroderma!
CALL Your Two Senators – Ask them to co-sponsor S.1545
CALL Your Congressperson – Ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R. 2408
Don’t know who your representative is? Don’t worry! Dial the Capitol switchboard: 202-225-3121 to be connected to your legislators. Call your Legislators and ask them to CO-SPONSOR the bill! (HR 2408 for the House, S. 1545 for the Senate). That’s it! It’s very easy and will make a big difference in the lives of scleroderma patients and their families!
WHAT THE “SCLERODERMA RESEARCH AND AWARENESS ACT” DOES:
- Expands federal support for research on scleroderma at the National Institutes of Health
- Increases awareness of scleroderma among the general public and healthcare providers
- Supports the training of new scleroderma researchers
5 QUICK FACTS
- Scleroderma is a chronic, disabling and often fatal autoimmune disease.
- Scleroderma causes damage to one or more of the body’s organ systems, including the skin, heart, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and blood vessels.
- 300,000 people in the United States suffer from scleroderma.
- The cause of scleroderma is unknown.
- There is no known cure or treatment.
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