Lauren Miller Rogen attends the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery’s 2023 Visionary Ball on Oct. 11, 2023.Photo:Elyse Jankowski/Getty
Elyse Jankowski/Getty
Lauren Miller Rogenunderwent treatment for a health scare last year.
The actress, comedian and wife ofSeth Rogen, 42, revealed during her speech at the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery Visionary Ball in Beverly Hills on Wednesday night that like her grandmother and mother — who both suffered from dementia — she too has had her own challenges when it comes to her brain health.
Lauren, who was inspired to form the nonprofitHilarity for Charityto raise money for dementia care, research, and education due to her family history, said she decided to get a full body MRI five years ago.
She noted that she made the decision “to take a deeper look at anything that could possibly be lurking inside me that would affect my longevity,” and the doctors were able to flag down a potential problem.
“They found, of course, this sort of aneurysm in my head,” Lauren shared. “So of course, this was terrifying information, and made me think of my great-grandmother, whose fate I certainly didn’t want to mimic.”
Lauren Miller Rogen speaks at the The UCLA Department of Neurosurgery Visionary Ball.Tommaso Boddi/Variety via Getty
Tommaso Boddi/Variety via Getty
“Fortunately, it was relatively small, and I did what the doctors recommended that I do, which is have annual MRIs [to] track the size,” she continued. “It remained small, until it didn’t.”
She eventually underwent the procedure, and she’s had several follow-up appointments since then to make sure her brain remains healthy.
Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen attend the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery’s 2023 Visionary Ball at The Beverly Hilton on October 11, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.Elyse Jankowski/Getty
In February, Lauren and Seth told PEOPLE that humor is"absolutely part of how we cope with things"after caring for Lauren’s mother Adele, who wasdiagnosed with genetic early-onset Alzheimer’s diseaseat age 55.
“I’m lucky I live with a very funny person,” Lauren continued. “And as mom said back then, I’m funny sometimes too. For us, comedy is just sort of around and is absolutely part of how we cope with things naturally, whether we’re aware of it or not.”
She and Seth, 41, whotied the knotin Oct. 2011, launched HFC with a group of friends the next year. Lauren told PEOPLE at the time that her biggest piece of advice for others with a similar genetic disposition is “know yourself, know your numbers, know your genetic risk factors.”
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“Don’t be afraid to deep dive into that,” she said. “Because there are things that you can do to modify your genetics and to make lifestyle changes and live a brain-healthy life and potentially either delay or even maybe even prevent dementia or Alzheimer’s.
“The one thing that I urge people is to talk to their doctors about their genetics and understand what it is that is inside of them that is going to affect their brains as they age, and not be afraid of that information …” Lauren added. “We should be talking about caring for our brains, and it shouldn’t be scary.”
source: people.com
