[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 348 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 348

   Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to raise the 
                     awareness of alopecia areata.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2003

  Mr. Ryan of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Towns, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Ross, Mr. 
  Hinchey, Ms. Woolsey, and Mrs. Christensen) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to raise the 
                     awareness of alopecia areata.

Whereas alopecia areata is a common autoimmune skin disease resulting in the 
        loss of hair on the scalp and elsewhere on the body;
Whereas alopecia areata is a common but very challenging and capricious disease 
        affecting approximately 2 percent of the American population, amounting 
        to more than 4.7 million people in the United States;
Whereas, with alopecia areata, the affected hair follicles are mistakenly 
        attacked by a person's immune system, resulting in the loss of hair;
Whereas, although not life-threatening, alopecia areata is most certainly life-
        altering, and its sudden onset, recurrent episodes, and unpredictable 
        course have a serious effect on a person's life and functional status at 
        work, school, and everyday life; and
Whereas because much of the public is not familiar with alopecia areata, the 
        reaction of the public to the disease can have a profound psychological 
        impact on the lives of those disrupted by this disease: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
an appropriate week should be designated as National Alopecia Areata 
Awareness Week.
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