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Baycrest to receive $1 million as part of The Slaight Family Foundation’s $15 million donation to support seniors aging well

October 2, 2019

Donation to support Baycrest’s community-based services to seniors, increasing the safety and independence of older adults aging at home The Slaight Family Foundation announced yesterday that it will be donating...

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Boosting the brain’s dementia resilience

September 25, 2019

Some people may consider Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia to be an “old person’s illness.” But taking care of brain health should be a priority throughout our entire...

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RRI senior scientist elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

September 10, 2019

Dr. Cheryl Grady, a senior scientist at Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute (RRI), has been recognized as a world leader in cognitive neuroscience with her election as a fellow of the...

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Baycrest mourns the passing of Dr. Donald Stuss

September 4, 2019

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Donald (Don) Stuss (O.C.), Founding Director of Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute (RRI), former Vice-President of Research at Baycrest and adjunct senior...

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Carriers of Alzheimer’s genetic marker have greater difficulty harnessing previous knowledge

August 15, 2019

Adults carrying a gene associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease had a harder time accessing recently acquired knowledge, even though they didn’t show any symptoms of memory problems,...

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Diagnosing frontotemporal dementia earlier

August 13, 2019

It is difficult for doctors to diagnose early frontotemporal dementia, a common cause of early onset dementia. Early symptoms are typically associated with a change in behaviour, but a person’s...

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Baycrest welcomes leading social gerontology researcher

July 18, 2019

Baycrest is thrilled to welcome a new social gerontology researcher, Dr. Amanda Grenier, as the Norman and Honey Schipper Chair in Gerontological Social Work and a senior scientist with Baycrest’s...

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Turning to exercise to reduce the risk of dementia

June 19, 2019

As Suanne Kelman grows older, she can’t help but compare her ability to remember to her mother’s memory at the same age. Kelman’s mother had dementia and she saw firsthand...

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Baycrest applauds Government of Canada’s announcements for the first national dementia strategy and funding for critical research in the fight to defeat dementia

June 17, 2019

The federal health minister, alongside co-chairs from Baycrest and the Alzheimer Society of Canada, released a national strategy to guide the country’s next steps in tackling the health crisis of...

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Electroconvulsive therapy reboots certain brain networks to help depressed individuals, suggest recent findings

May 3, 2019

Baycrest researchers found that electroconvulsive therapy corrects brain networks associated with learning and thinking impairments. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) helps people with severe depression by “pushing the reset button” on brain networks...