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Sun 3 Apr, 2011 04:58 am
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Brain disorders take a major toll on society. More than 8% of the population in the West depends on analgesics. Twenty per cent suffers from a mental disturbance and the number of people suffering from the effects of neurological diseases is estimated at
1 billion. Many of these problems are caused by the disruption of communication between brain cells. Hence, finding a solution depends on understanding this communication in the smallest details.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110401111356.htm
@oristarA,
Quote:1 billion in the West? Or in the world?
That is not made clear. I would assume the world given the size of the number however as I said It is not clear
The text doesn't make that clear, but absent any other reference, it suggests that it is one billion members of the population of the West. Given that the population of the West doesn't mount to much more than a billion, it's a silly statement. From that, one can infer that the author meant one billion of the the world's population. If that is the case, it's poorly written.
@oristarA,
That's funny. It is very badly written.
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