This section includes news stories about advances in the treatment of brain aneurysms.

Coil treatment better than brain surgery for burst aneurysms
www.i-newswire.com, September 11, 2005
...Minimally invasive endovascular coil treatment of ruptured brain aneurysms...is more likely to lead to independent survival at 1 year than neurosurgical clipping...

Coil Treatment for Aneurysms may be Better Than Brain Surgery
www.ivanhoe.com, September 6, 2005
... "Minimally invasive endovascular coil treatment of ruptured brain aneurysms, when a patient is in good clinical condition and the aneurysm is suitable for ...

Coil Treatment Reduces Deaths From Brain Aneurysms
www.allheadlinenews.com, September 2, 2005
... compared to neurosurgical clipping, which involves a craniotomy and clipping of the aneurysm to prevent further bleeding. For the coiling treatment, a tiny ...

Coil can cut aneurysm death risk
www.bbc.co.uk, September 2, 2005
... Traditional treatment involves surgically opening the skull, and clipping the aneurysm to stop further bleeding. In contrast, the coiling treatment is ...

Non-Invasive Coil Therapy Improves Aneurysm Survival
www.forbes.com, September 1, 2005
... Traditional treatment for brain aneurysm involves invasive surgery and a "clipping" of the aneurysm to prevent bleeding. But the ...

New Non-Surgical Approach Showing Great Promise in the Treatment of Challenging Brain Aneurysms
www.medicalnewstoday.com, August 29, 2005
Lopes recommended a new approach combining the use of intracranial stents and coil embolization to strengthen the artery with no need to open the skull...

Prof. Mack fights back after brain surgery
www.desmoinesregister.com, August 17, 2005
...brain-coiling technology and technique has rapidly evolved and improved within the last decade, making it available to a broader population of aneurysm patients...

Study Results Indicate Endovascular Therapy May Significantly Benefit Patients Most Severely Affected by Aneurysm Bleeds, Replacing Fatalism With New Hope
Biz.yahoo.com, August 4, 2005
Study results indicating that endovascular therapy can lead to significant recovery for patients suffering the most severe effects of aneurysm bleeds, or subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), was announced at the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology (ASITN) Annual Meeting on Oahu, Hawaii.

Neuroendovascular Surgery At Christchurch Hospital
www.scoop.co.nz , July 6, 2005

Lab upgrade helps brain treatments
www.bendbulletin.com, June 20, 2005
Carol Julian walked around for a couple of weeks recently wondering when an aneurysm in her brain was going to burst. At first, Carol Julian thought the only option was a major brain surgery. But, thanks to a recent investment at St. Charles Medical Center-Bend , Julian was treated through a minimally invasive procedure and left the hospital the next day.

First genetic marker to help identify ruptured brain aneurysm
www.news-medical.net, March 6, 2005
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a genetic marker that may pave the way for a fast, inexpensive blood test to predict one type of deadly stroke that strikes 30,000 people in the United States annually.

Interventional radiology provides less-invasive procedures for growing number of patients
www.herald-dispatch.com, February 28, 2005
For patients with a variety of problems, interventional radiologists are using advanced technology to treat problems that previously required open surgery or were deemed untreatable.

The Methodist Hospital Neurological Institute establishes Brain Aneurysm Center
www.methodisthealth.org, February 9, 2005
As many as one in 15 people in the United States will develop a brain aneurysm, a weakening in the wall of a blood vessel in the brain. Approximately 30,000 Americans will experience a brain aneurysm that bursts, usually resulting in sudden death. The Methodist Hospital Neurological Institute has taken a major step in treating these ruptured blood vessels by establishing the Brain Aneurysm Center, the first of its kind in Houston and the region.

Neil Young treated for 'dangerous' aneurysm
www.cnn.com, April 1, 2005
Rocker Neil Young, treated for a "dangerous brain aneurysm," is expected to make a full recovery.

Singer Laura Branigan dies at 47
www.bbc.co.uk, August 29, 2004
US pop star Laura Branigan, who enjoyed hits with the songs Gloria and Self Control in the early 1980s, has died of a brain aneurysm in her sleep aged 47.

Unruptured Aneurysms
www.uihealthcare.com, November 3, 2003
Just a few years ago, Rollie Stedman would have had a stroke - and perhaps even died - because of his medical condition. But thanks to new technology, that's all changed...

Coils offer new fix for aneurysms. NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
www.msnbc.com, October 3, 2003
In the past, doctors could only fix aneurysms, a swelling of a blood vessel in the brain, with major surgery. But now doctors are utilizing a new approach using metal coils - and getting good results. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.

Minimally invasive treatment of brain aneurysms first broadcast LIVE via Internet
www.or-live.com, September 16, 2003
In a replay of a live Internet broadcast from Borgess Medical Center, neurointerventional doctors demonstrate endovascular coil embolization, a medically revolutionizing surgical treatment for brain aneurysms.

New Study Finds Minimally Invasive Aneurysm Treatment Produces Better Outcomes
www.urmc.rochester.edu, December 16 2002
Results from a recent study that compared brain surgery to a less-invasive endovascular procedure may dramatically change the way brain aneurysms are treated in the future.

Superior Treatment For Aneurysms Being Done At Methodist University Hospital
www.methodisthealth.org, November 13, 2002
A recent study showed that a less invasive treatment for ruptured brain aneurysms produces better results than brain surgery. The findings were so overwhelming that researchers halted the study early in order to encourage use of the procedure.

Fixing Aneurysms Without Surgery (429 KB PDF)
The New York Times, November 12, 2002
In treating hemorrhaging cerebral aneurysms - burst blood vessels in the brain - there are two camps: the clippers and the coilers…

Coils Slash Death/Disability From Brain Aneurysms
www.hopkinsmedicine.org, October 24, 2002
Preliminary results of a long-term study suggest that coils inserted into burst aneurysms in the brain decrease by 25 percent the risk of patient death and disability during the first year after the procedure, according to a report published in the October 26 issue of The Lancet.

Brain Aneurysms: A Silent Killer
www.womenshealthresearch.org, November 15, 2001
When a young, seemingly healthy woman dies suddenly in her sleep, many people immediately think brain aneurysm. But most don't think it could happen to them. Think again.

Brain Aneurysm Symptoms Depends on Size and Site of Aneurysm
www.mayoclinic.org, September 7, 2001
Mayo Clinic researchers have provided the first data on aneurysm characteristics, clinical symptoms and survival rates among people with intracranial aneurysms in a defined population.

Many Brain Aneurysms In Young Women Caused By Smoking
www.unisci.com, April 19, 2001
Christy Bradshaw started smoking cigarettes in the schoolyard when she was 13. Seventeen years later, she had brain surgery to remove three aneurysms caused by smoking.

Local TV Personality Goes Under New Aneurysm Surgery
www.kovr13.com, July 31, 2000

Smoking increases risk for brain aneurysms
www.buffalo.edu, March 2, 2000
UB study finds that smoking leads to growth of large blood-vessel malformations