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  • November 16, 2023
    60-Year-Old Brain Aneurysm Survivor Runs NYC Marathon
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  • November 13, 2023
    Peloton Star Partnering with BAF to Promote Brain Aneurysm Awareness, Research
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  • October 16, 2023
    Lauren Miller Rogen Reveals She Had Brain Aneurysm Removed: ‘I’m Truly Grateful’
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  • September 19, 2023
    NBC News: Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month with Sharon Epperson
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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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  • July 05, 2023
    German Fitness Influencer Jo Lindner Dies of Aneurysm at 30
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  • June 03, 2023
    Influencer Jackie Miller James in Medically Induced Coma After Aneurysm Ruptures a Week from Due Date
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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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  • May 05, 2023
    UC Research Team Receives Brain Aneurysm Foundation Grant
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  • 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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  • October 27, 2022
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A Mom Thought Stress and Her Pregnancy Caused Her Devastating Headaches. It Was a Giant Aneurysm

For about a month during her pregnancy with her third child in 2020, Mallory Wehage experienced intense headaches and struggled to get out of bed.

“They were really like a searing painful headache that was always in the same spot of my head. It was behind my ear, to the back of my neck,” Wehage, 35, of Avon Lake, Ohio, told TODAY. “It was constantly in that same spot.”

Her OB-GYN sent her to a neurologist to undergo an MRI to make sure everything was OK. At the time, she was 22 weeks pregnant. She felt shocked when the doctor informed her of the results: She had a “giant brain aneurysm,” or a bulging blood vessel in the brain, and she needed to go to Cleveland Clinic for care.

 



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