Clinical Trials
Neuroscience research makes a significant difference in people's lives because consequences are severe for families and societies when the brain goes awry. In the United States, more than 1000 disorders cause more hospitalizations than any other disease group, including heart disease and cancer. Neurological illnesses affect more than 50 million people annually, and cost more than $460 billion. Mental disorders, excluding drug and alcohol problems, strike 44 million people at a cost of $148 billion. The World Health Organization estimates up to one billion people worldwide are affected by neurological disorders, and 6.8 million die every year from them.
Society for Neuroscience 2008
