Regular scans help clinicians monitor small aneurysms, but patients describe recurring fears and confusion about what they can safely do.
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Brain aneurysms often go unnoticed until they rupture. Kim Kardashian’s disclosure is drawing attention to key risks and new approaches to prevention.
There are several lifestyle risk factors that increase the risk of brain aneurysms.
Aortic aneurysms most commonly happen in men aged over 65.
The key to understanding how brains can recover from trauma is that they are fantastically plastic – meaning our body’s supercomputer can reshape and remodel itself.
How could an otherwise healthy professional baseball pitcher suffer a devastating brain hemorrhage? A neurosurgeon who studies aneurysms explains their unpredictability.
Konrad Reuland’s death shocked sports fans and, famously, gave new life to baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew. But how is it that a young athlete in top shape could suddenly develop a deadly condition?
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Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Florida
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Professor and Head of Epigenetics and Neural Plasticity, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health