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South students raise awareness for rare brain conditions
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Sisters Kimmie, right, and Nicole, left Boyd, stand outside the U.S. Capitol after talking with lawmakers about Ellie's law, which would increase funding and awareness for brain aneurysms.
On May 31, 2015, Kimmie Boyd suffered a brain related to a brain arteriovenous malformation, or AVM, which, according to the Mayo Clinic, is an abnormal tangle of blood vessels connecting arteries to the brain and impact less than 1 percent of the population.