Title: A resolution designating September 2019 as "National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month".
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This resolution designates September 2019 as National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month and expresses support for continued research to prevent, detect, and treat brain aneurysms.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 354 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 354

   Designating September 2019 as ``National Brain Aneurysm Awareness 
                                Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2019

 Mr. Markey (for himself and Mrs. Hyde-Smith) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Designating September 2019 as ``National Brain Aneurysm Awareness 
                                Month''.

Whereas saccular, fusiform, and dissecting aneurysms are bulging, weakened areas 
        in the wall of an artery in the brain;
Whereas an estimated 1 out of every 50 individuals in the United States has a 
        brain aneurysm;
Whereas brain aneurysms are most likely to occur in individuals between the ages 
        of 35 and 60;
Whereas there are typically no warning signs before the occurrence of a brain 
        aneurysm;
Whereas brain aneurysms are more likely to occur in women than in men by a 3 to 
        2 ratio;
Whereas young and middle-aged African Americans have a higher risk of brain 
        aneurysm rupture compared to young and middle-aged Caucasians in the 
        United States;
Whereas the combined lost wages of survivors of a brain aneurysm rupture and 
        their caretakers for 1 year is an estimated $149,936,118;
Whereas various risk factors can contribute to the formation of a brain 
        aneurysm, including smoking, hypertension, and a family history of brain 
        aneurysms;
Whereas an unruptured brain aneurysm can lead to double vision, vision loss, 
        loss of sensation, weakness, loss of balance, incoordination, and speech 
        problems;
Whereas a brain aneurysm is often discovered when it ruptures and causes a 
        subarachnoid hemorrhage;
Whereas a subarachnoid hemorrhage can lead to brain damage, hydrocephalus, 
        stroke, and death;
Whereas, each year, more than 30,000 individuals in the United States suffer 
        from ruptured brain aneurysms, approximately 50 percent of whom die as a 
        result;
Whereas, annually, between 3,000 and 4,500 individuals in the United States with 
        ruptured brain aneurysms die before reaching the hospital;
Whereas a number of advancements have been made in recent years regarding the 
        detection of brain aneurysms, including the computerized tomography 
        scan, the magnetic resonance imaging test, and the cerebral arteriogram;
Whereas early detection of brain aneurysms can save lives;
Whereas, as of 2019, various research studies are being conducted in the United 
        States in order to better understand, prevent, and treat brain 
        aneurysms;
Whereas the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, a nonprofit organization, remains a 
        globally recognized leader for brain aneurysm awareness, education, 
        support, advocacy, and research funding; and
Whereas the month of September is an appropriate month to designate as 
        ``National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates September 2019 as ``National Brain Aneurysm 
        Awareness Month''; and
            (2) continues to support research to prevent, detect, and 
        treat brain aneurysms.
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