World Mental Health Day is a day set aside to raise public awareness and promote open discussion of mental disorders, their prevention and treatment. This year’s theme is “Depression: A Global Crisis”. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression affects more than 350 million people globally, and although there are known effective treatments, access to such treatments is problematic in some countries, with sometimes fewer than 10% of those in need receiving treatment.
15 October, 2012
Scientists at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, located at the Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network have developed the first lab study in the world to accurately predict the outcomes of a human clinical for their drug that protects the brain against the damaging effects of stroke.
05 October, 2012