Florida Senate - 2021                            (NP)    SR 2020
       
       
        
       By Senator Berman
       
       
       
       
       
       31-00101-21                                           20212020__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing September 2021 as “Brain
    3         Aneurysm Awareness Month” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, a brain aneurysm is an abnormal saccular or
    6  fusiform bulging of an artery in the brain, and
    7         WHEREAS, it is estimated that 1 in every 50 individuals in
    8  the United States has a brain aneurysm, with aneurysms most
    9  likely to occur in individuals between 35 and 60 years of age,
   10  and
   11         WHEREAS, brain aneurysms are more likely to occur in women
   12  than in men, by a 3 to 2 ratio, and young and middle-aged
   13  African Americans have a higher risk of brain aneurysm rupture
   14  than Caucasians, and
   15         WHEREAS, a number of risk factors can contribute to the
   16  formation of a brain aneurysm, including smoking, hypertension,
   17  and a family history of brain aneurysms, and
   18         WHEREAS, each year, more than 30,000 individuals nationwide
   19  suffer from a ruptured brain aneurysm, half of whom die as a
   20  result, and
   21         WHEREAS, a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of bleeding
   22  stroke that occurs between the brain and the membrane that
   23  surrounds it, can lead to brain damage, stroke, and death, and
   24         WHEREAS, research currently is being conducted in the
   25  United States in order to better understand, prevent, and treat
   26  brain aneurysms, and it is clear that early detection of brain
   27  aneurysms can save lives, and
   28         WHEREAS, the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, a nonprofit
   29  organization, remains a globally recognized leader in brain
   30  aneurysm awareness, education, support, advocacy, and research
   31  funding, NOW, THEREFORE,
   32  
   33  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   35         That September 2021 is recognized as “Brain Aneurysm
   36  Awareness Month” in Florida.