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  • January 17, 2024
    UB Startup Receives $2.9 Million to Develop Blood Test for Brain Aneurysms
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  • September 21, 2023
    Brain Aneurysm Foundation Announces 2023 Research Grants
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  • September 08, 2023
    Mom of 4 Who Died of Brain Aneurysm at Son’s Football Game Donates 4 Organs: ‘She Saved Lives’
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  • September 05, 2023
    Brain Aneurysm Foundation Launches New Campaign to Increase Disease Awareness and Accelerate Research
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  • May 19, 2023
    Father of ‘Jeopardy!’ star dies of brain aneurysm: Here’s what you need to know
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  • January 25, 2023
    Preventing Brain Aneurysm Ruptures; Education, Awareness, Research
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  • December 15, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipient: Stacey Wolfe, MD, FAANS
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  • October 20, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipient: Ben Strickland, MD
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  • October 20, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipients: Alfred P. See, PhD and Shivani Rangwala
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  • October 20, 2022
    Meet Research Grant Recipient: Edgar A. Samaniego, MD, MS
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In My Area

Support groups
  • AdventHealth Brain Aneurysm Support Group

    Winter Park, FL

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  • Baltimore Brain Aneurysm Foundation Support Group

    Lutherville-Timonium, MD

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  • Bay Area Aneurysm and Vascular Malformation Support Group

    San Francisco, CA

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  • July 25, 2020
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The silent killer

A brain aneurysm is a silent killer, usually striking with little to no warning, and in many cases resulting in almost instant death. Grant Imahara, an electrical engineer, and roboticist who hosted the popular science show “MythBusters” and Netflix’s “White Rabbit Project,” died July 13 at the age of 49. According to news reports, he died suddenly following a brain aneurysm.

Dr. Ajit Puri, director of Portsmouth Regional Hospital’s Brain and Aneurysm Clinic, and a Mass General neuroradiology specialist, called Imahara’s death tragic and said there was no reason to suspect he had an aneurysm.

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By Karen Dandurant



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