Abstract: . . .  HEALTH IMPROVING AMERICAS HEALTH: EXAMINING FEDERAL RESEARCH EFFORTS FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND CHRONIC PAIN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2005 10:00AM SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY: 1) INTRODUCTION TO PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND THE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATION. 2) PERSONAL STORY OF MEAGHAN HICKS BATTLE WITH THE DISEASE.  . . .
. . .  together, I am confident that we can find a cure for Meaghan, Charity and the hundreds of thousands of other patients pinning their hopes for a better life on biomedical research. Mr. Chairman, thank you again for the opportunity to appear before you today. We appreciate your interest and your leadership on these issues. I would be pleased to respond to any questions . . .
. . .  2 Mr. Chairman, Congressman Brown and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for convening this important hearing this morning and for the opportunity to testify. I am Carl Hicks, Vice President for Advocacy with the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, and a proud parent of a pulmonary hypertension patient. I am honored today to represent the hundreds . . .
. . .  a nightmare you can never wake up from, right from the start. For my family, it began with the words spoken not far from here at Walter Reed Army Medical Center a few years back. Colonel Hicks, the doctor said, your daughter Page 5 5 Meaghan has less than a year to live. We can do nothing for her. Since that time she has fought a valiant . . .
. . .  Chairman, Congressman Brown and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for convening this important hearing this morning and for the opportunity to testify. I am Carl Hicks, Vice President for Advocacy with the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, and a proud parent of a pulmonary hypertension patient. I am honored today to represent the hundreds of thousands . . .
. . .  Chairman, Congressman Brown and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for convening this important hearing this morning and for the opportunity to testify. I am Carl Hicks, Vice President for Advocacy with the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, and a proud parent of a pulmonary hypertension patient. I am honored today to represent the hundreds of thousands of . . .
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