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Bee Strong – A Mother’s Journey Connecting with Brain Aneurysm Survivors and Loved Ones

Last month, September 12th, was my daughter’s birthday. We spent last year tiptoeing around this date, afraid to address it directly for fear it would simply rip the wound open anew. This year, we spent it up in Maine at the 7th annual KAT-Walk & Karo 5-K, originally established to honor two young women, almost the same […]

Answers To Your Top 10 Brain Aneurysm Questions

1. What is a brain aneurysm & how is it caused? A cerebral aneurysm (also known as an intracranial or intracerebral aneurysm) is a weak or thin spot on a blood vessel in the brain that balloons out and fills with blood. The bulging aneurysm can put pressure on a nerve or surrounding brain tissue. It […]

Joni Mitchell & 8 Brain Aneurysm Risk Factors Every Woman Should Know

Joni Mitchell & 8 Brain Aneurysm Risk Factors Every Woman Should Know Our hearts pour out to Joni Mitchell and the approximate 30,000 people a year that suffer from a Brain Aneurysm in the United States. Of those who survive, over 60% will suffer some permanent deficit. This week, Leslie Morris, Joni Mitchell’s conservator, approved the following […]

In Memory of Dana Housley: Prevalence & Prevention of Teenage Brain Aneurysms

We are deeply saddened and our hearts pour out to the family and friends of Dana Housley, who suffered a brain aneurysm during a softball game over the weekend and passed away at the age of 15. The outpouring of support has been tremendous and a tribute tothose who loved her and seek to raise […]

Grant Winner Spotlight – From Dr. Michael Chen

3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM DR CHEN ABOUT THE AWARD WINNER 1. What makes this award winner’s research so innovative? This year’s award winner uses the tremendous amount of data acquired during brain vessel imaging to develop sophisticated models that help predict the risk of brain aneurysm rupture. 2. Where could this research lead? We […]

Brain Aneurysm – After Effects

Q&A with Dr. Michael Chen For those who survive a brain aneurysm, one of the most prevalent questions survivors and their loved ones have are…. What just occurred to my brain? For starters, what happens if you actually survive a brain aneurysm? It is hard to know definitively how people will do after they survive […]

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Citizens of the Week: Erin Kreszl & Christine Kondra – Spreading Brain Aneurysm Awareness

Jessica Press from The Philadelphia Citizen nominated The Bee Foundation co-Founders, Erin Kreszl & Christine Kondra as Citizens of [...]
A Blood Test for Brain Aneurysms? Our 2016 Grant Shows Promising Results!

Dr. Christopher Kellner is Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Director, Intracerebral Hemorrhage Program at the Icahn School of [...]
Remembering a Loving Husband and Father

Shelly’s story began, as many do, without notice, when her husband of 20 years passed away suddenly from a brain aneurysm in [...]
Premier Episode of Borrowed Time with Megan Bacigalupo

Tune in on October 23, 2018 at 7:00pm Eastern Time for the Premier Episode of Borrowed Time with Megan Bacigalupo. To provide hope to [...]
Honey Bash 2018 Raises a Record $175,000+ for Brain Aneurysm Awareness & Research

“Outstanding!” “I learned so much!” “The best ever!” Those words summed up the opinions of the 170 attendees to this year’s Honey [...]