94-19166. National Scleroderma Awareness Month, 1994  

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                            Presidential Documents 
    
    
    Federal Register
    Vol. 59, No. 149
    Thursday, August 4, 1994
    
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    Title 3--
    The President
                    Proclamation 6710 of July 29, 1994
    
     
    
    National Scleroderma Awareness Month, 1994
    
                    By the President of the United States of America
    
                    A Proclamation
    
                    Literally meaning ``hard skin,'' scleroderma is a 
                    chronic disease that thickens and attaches the skin to 
                    underlying structures. Its cause is unknown.
    
                    Scleroderma strikes individuals of every age, sex, and 
                    ethnic background, although women between the ages of 
                    25 and 55 are four times more likely to be afflicted. 
                    It is a painful and sometimes progressive disorder of 
                    the connective tissue that can cause disability, 
                    disfigurement, and even death. Its impact, in terms of 
                    both physical and emotional suffering, is enormous.
    
                    In patients with scleroderma, there is an excess 
                    production of collagen, the main fibrous component of 
                    connective tissue. As a result, the formation of dense, 
                    compact tissue causes the skin to lose its elasticity. 
                    Scleroderma is also a disease of the vascular and 
                    immune systems and can impair internal organs, such as 
                    the kidneys, lungs, heart, and gastrointestinal tract.
    
                    New biomedical research findings and innovative 
                    approaches to diagnosis and treatment are essential in 
                    fighting against this multifaceted disorder. The 
                    Federal Government and private voluntary organizations 
                    are working together to increase both public awareness 
                    of and research on scleroderma. Their objective is to 
                    discover the cause of this devastating disease and to 
                    develop effective ways to prevent, treat, and cure it.
    
                    I applaud all those who are working to bring public 
                    attention to this disabling illness, those who are 
                    aiding its victims, and those who are researching its 
                    complex nature.
    
                    The Congress, by Public Law 103-92, has designated the 
                    month of August 1994 as ``National Scleroderma 
                    Awareness Month'' and has authorized and requested the 
                    President to issue a proclamation in observance of this 
                    month.
    
                    NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                    United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month 
                    of August 1994 as National Scleroderma Awareness Month. 
                    I urge all Government agencies and the people of the 
                    United States, as well as educational, philanthropic, 
                    scientific, medical, and health care organizations and 
                    professionals, to participate in appropriate activities 
                    to encourage greater awareness of scleroderma and 
                    further research into its cause and cure.
    
                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                    twenty-ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord 
                    nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the 
                    Independence of the United States of America the two 
                    hundred and nineteenth.
    
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    [FR Doc. 94-19166
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Document Information

Published:
08/04/1994
Department:
Executive Office of the President
Entry Type:
Presidential Document
Document Type:
Proclamation
Document Number:
94-19166
Pages:
39673-39673 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: August 4, 1994
EOCitation:
of 1994-07-29