On Feb. 18, 2023, popular Hollywood movie star Tom Sizemore died suddenly from a brain (cerebral) aneurysm, arousing great attention and fond memories from movie fans. How to prevent and reduce the risk of aneurysms has also become a much-talked-about subject.
According to statistics from the American Brain Aneurysm Foundation, nearly 500,000 people worldwide die from brain aneurysms every year, and half are under 50. In the United States, 6.7 million people have an unruptured cerebral aneurysm, or 1 in 50 people, and about 30,000 people experience a ruptured cerebral aneurysm each year—an average of one rupture every 18 minutes. The male-to-female ratio is 2:3, that is, women are more likely to suffer from cerebral aneurysms than men….