With One-in-Fifty People in the US at Risk, the Brain Aneurysm Foundation Launches New Campaign to Increase Disease Awareness and Accelerate Research
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
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HANOVER, Mass., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (BAF), the leading advocacy organization supporting education, research, and policy to transform the treatment of brain aneurysms, today announced the launch of "Stop the Pop," a new campaign to increase awareness of the prevalence and impact of the disease and the need for ongoing investment to fund new innovations, screening, and treatment.
Key Points:
- The campaign aims to build awareness of symptoms, genetic and environmental risk factors, and to increase research funding to better understand the underlying causes of the condition and to advance new treatments.
- "A feeling that something has 'popped' is what we hear most from patients who have experienced a rupture.
- A brain aneurysm is a weak, bulging area in an artery in the brain that in some instances can rupture.
- Women over the age of 55 have a higher risk of brain aneurysm rupture than men and are generally at greater risk.