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<PREFIX>Dr</PREFIX>
<FIRST>Richard</FIRST>
<MIDDLE>H</MIDDLE>
<LAST>Gross</LAST>
<SUFFIX></SUFFIX>
<TITLE>Professor emeritus, Medical University of South Carolina,</TITLE>
<ORGANIZATION>Scoliosis Research Society</ORGANIZATION>
<ADDR1>96 Jonathan Lucas Street,</ADDR1>
<ADDR2>708-CSB</ADDR2>
<CITY>Charleston</CITY>
<STATE>SC</STATE>
<ZIP>29425-2239</ZIP>
<EMAIL>grossr@musc.edu</EMAIL>
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<PHONE_B>843-792-3149</PHONE_B>
<ISSUE>PROC</ISSUE>
<SUBJECT>National Scoliosis Awareness Month</SUBJECT>
<CUSTOM1>72.238.239.18</CUSTOM1>
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WHEREAS, we must increase the public's awareness of scoliosis and help children, parents, adults, and health care providers understand, recognize and treat the complexities of spinal deformities such as Scoliosis; and

WHEREAS, Scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, with no known cause (idiopathic), is a condition affecting 2-3% of the population, or an estimated 7 million people in the United States. Scoliosis is a condition which strikes without regard to gender, race, age or economic status; and

WHEREAS, an estimated one million scoliosis patients utilize health care yearly, with approximately one of every six children being diagnosed with this condition eventually being required to receive active medical treatment; and 

WHEREAS, the primary age of onset for scoliosis is between ten and fifteen with females being five times more likely to progress to a curve magnitude that requires treatment; and

WHEREAS, screening programs allow for early detection, and for treatment opportunities which may alleviate the worst effects of the condition; now

BE IT RESOLVED, that we observe National Scoliosis Awareness Month to renew our commitment to raising awareness of and combating the spinal condition of Scoliosis, and to recognize the need for increased research and funding to reduce the pain and suffering it causes; now



THEREFORE as ________________ of ____________________, I, _______________, join with my colleagues around the country and do hereby recognize June 2016 as National Scoliosis Awareness Month, and pledge to continue to work to both raise awareness and fight Scoliosis in the State of ___________________.



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