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AMNVA Action Alert - Contact Your Legislators
Wed, May 12, 2010 10:31:17
From: National Vulvodynia Association
< chris@nva.org
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Dear NVA Friend,
Please take 3 minutes today to send an important message to your U.S. Senators and Representatives by clicking www.capwiz.com/cfids/issues/alert/?alertid=14997121&type=CO


On Wednesday, May 19th, the NVA, Endometriosis Association, CFIDS Association of America and The TMJ Association, will launch the Campaign to End Chronic Pain in Women at a Capitol Hill event, held in cooperation with the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues. At the event, we will release the Campaign's groundbreaking report, Chronic Pain in Women: Neglect, Dismissal and Discrimination, a short film entitled, Through the Maze: Women and Pain, and a new web site. (See 'About the Campaign' below.)


Please take a few minutes right now to contact your Congressional Representatives with our Action Alert, asking them to attend or send a staff member to this important event. Thank you for your efforts, and please stay tuned for more information on our campaign to promote research on overlapping pain conditions.


Sincerely,


Christin Veasley

NVA Associate Executive Director




About the Campaign

Chronic pain is estimated to affect 25 percent of Americans and account for more than 20 percent of all physician office visits. Some people suffer from only one pain disorder, while others have chronic pain in multiple areas of their bodies. Vulvodynia, chronic fatigue syndrome, endometriosis, fibromyalgia, interstitial cystitis and temporomandibular disorders are just six neglected and poorly understood conditions that have sidelined as many as 50 million American women and added up to $80 billion each year to our nation's rising health care bill. Additionally, they either solely affect women, or target women at least four times more often than men. Despite their widespread prevalence, staggering costs and grave impact, federal support of research on these disorders has been severely shortchanged - totaling just $1.33 per affected woman in 2009. The Campaign to End Chronic Pain in Women aims to improve the quality of women's lives by raising awareness of these debilitating disorders that disproportionately impact women, as well as the neglect, dismissal and discrimination faced by women suffering from chronic pain.
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