PRINTER'S NO. 2104

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

435

Session of

2015

INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, WOZNIAK, BREWSTER, SABATINA,

VULAKOVICH, SCAVELLO, FONTANA, BROWNE, RESCHENTHALER,

GREENLEAF, SCARNATI, TEPLITZ, BARTOLOTTA, BAKER, DINNIMAN,

Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, An estimated 1 out of every 50 people in the United

States has a brain aneurysm; and

WHEREAS, Brain aneurysms are most likely to occur in people

between 35 and 60 years of age and there are typically no

warning signs; and

WHEREAS, Brain aneurysms are more likely to occur in women

than in men by a three to two ratio; and

WHEREAS, Various risk factors can contribute to the formation

of a brain aneurysm, including smoking, hypertension and a

WHEREAS, A brain aneurysm is often discovered when it

ruptures and causes a subarachnoid hemorrhage; and

WHEREAS, A subarachnoid hemorrhage can lead to brain damage,

hydrocephalus, stroke and death; and

WHEREAS, Each year, more than 30,000 people in the United

States suffer from ruptured brain aneurysms and 40% of these

people die as a result; and

WHEREAS, Annually, between 3,000 and 4,500 people in the

United States with ruptured brain aneurysms die before reaching

the hospital; and

conducted in the United States in order to better understand,

prevent and treat brain aneurysms; and

WHEREAS, Brain aneurysm survivors, their families and

friends, along with families and friends who lost a loved one to

a brain aneurysm, are working tirelessly across this

Commonwealth to raise funding for those research studies; and

WHEREAS, The Pittsburgh Brain Aneurysm Run/Walk has been

established as a new resource for those efforts; and

WHEREAS, The 3rd annual event for the Pittsburgh Brain

Aneurysm Run/Walk will be held at Pittsburgh's Northshore

further

RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize, commend and support the

organizers, volunteers and participants of the Pittsburgh Brain

Aneurysm Run/Walk and wish them great success.