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Theresa Larkin, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong

Around 3% of us will develop a brain aneurysm in our lives. So what is it and how do you treat it?

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Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands announced on air yesterday that he has a brain aneurysm and needs urgent brain surgery.

Typically an aneurysm occurs when a part of the wall of an artery (a type of blood vessel) becomes stretched and bulges out.

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