World Firsts at Sunnybrook Sunnybrook is inventing the future of health care...now, when it matters most. Each year we spend almost $100 million on research activities, conducted through several broad disciplinary streams including Biological Sciences, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Clinical Physiology, Imaging, Bioengineering, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Physiotherapy.
 First-of-its-Kind Breast Cancer Program for Young Women
Sunnybrook's Odette Cancer Centre starts a first-of-its-kind in Canada, PYNK: Breast Cancer Program for Young Women, for women 40 years or younger with breast cancer, who studies indicate are more likely to recur and die of their disease than older patients, and are at greatest risk of psychological and social distress.
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 Depression Related to TBI Shows Medication Alone Insufficient
Major depression is a complication seen in about one-third of patients within the first year of a TBI and when present, is associated with poor psychosocial functioning and persisting post-concussive symptoms. Major depression is associated with substantial psychosocial dysfunction and post-concussive symptomatology following traumatic brain injury.
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 New 3-D MRIPH Technique Helps Detect High-Risk Diseased Arteries
Sunnybrook researchers are the first worldwide to show a new form of MRI technique may prove to be a useful screening tool to prevent stroke and heart attack by detecting a specific type of dangerous plaque in the arteries of high-risk patients.
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